At approximately 9:43 a.m. on Sept. 30, Navajo County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Forest Service Road 9890G in Pinedale in reference to two domestically owned horses being shot and killed.
/wp:paragraph
wp:paragraph
On Oct. 11 Ryland Haynes, 19, was arrested for disorderly conduct involving weapons, unlawful killing of livestock and criminal damage in connection with the incident.
/wp:paragraph
wp:paragraph
Currently this criminal case is still under investigation and more arrests may be pending.
/wp:paragraph
wp:paragraph
Sheriff David Clouse stated, “The Sheriff’s Office has been working diligently on this case since we received information about the deceased horses. We are pleased a suspect was identified and arrested but we still have a lot of work to do. This was truly a senseless crime that needed to be resolved as soon as possible.”
/wp:paragraph