Woman Charged After Riding a Stolen Horse

After all these years, there are still people dumb enough to leave us speechless. Blaming your inability to balance on your stolen horse being drunk is up there..

Tracy Nadine Ellenburg, 40, was charged by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office around 1:35pm on July 25. A pedestrian told deputies a woman was riding a horse on the double-yellow line and was having trouble staying on the animal according to the incident report. Deputies found the horse tied to a park bench at the gas pumps at a convenience store. Ellenburg was inside trying to use the phone when she was asked for identification.

Ellenburg told officers she didn’t have any according to the report and she was riding the horse to her boyfriend’s on Smith Memorial Highway. The incident report says Ellenburg smelled of alcohol and said she had consumed a six pack of beer before leaving on the horse.

The officer asked Ellenburg why she was riding the horse down Main Street and she answered that “she wasn’t drunk the horse was.“ Ellenburg was arrested and charged with public disorderly conduct while deputies tried to find the owner of the horse.