A man who tried to ride his malnourished, partially blind horse 800 miles from South Carolina to Florida was nabbed on animal cruelty charges more than 600 miles into his journey.
Christopher Emerson, 36, was arrested while riding down a busy highway in Miami-Dade County Wednesday, about 640 miles from his home in Greenwood, S.C., Miami’s Local 10 News reported.
Emerson said he left South Carolina four months ago following a messy divorce from his wife. He wrecked his truck, but wanted to find a “fresh state” in Florida, so he decided to ride the sickly horse southward.