Middletown Officers Pull Horse From A Pool With A Garden Hose
This happened just before 3 a.m. in late October, when two horses wandered away from a nearby farm and into a neighborhood off Old Henry Road. One of them fell through the cover of a backyard pool. Homeowner Brenda Morris said she and her husband were asleep when their dog started barking and she checked the Ring camera. That’s when she called police.
Officers Trey McKnight and Sgt. Ricky Guffey arrived within minutes of the call to find the horse struggling to stay afloat. They used a garden hose as a lasso to get the horse over to the steps.
Officer McKnight joked: “I did tell my sergeant that they could take my gun and issue me a lasso.” Also lots of jokes leading a horse to water…and now leading it OUT of water!