Man gets probation in Mercer County horse abuse case

HARRODSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A man in Mercer County will not serve jail time after accepting a plea deal on charges related to the abandonment of 43 horses.

Media outlets report that 69-year-old Charles “Chuck” Borell entered an Alford plea Thursday to nine of 43 misdemeanor counts of second-degree animal cruelty, meaning he didn’t admit wrongdoing but accepted that there is sufficient evidence against him for a conviction.

The other 34 counts of animal cruelty were dismissed. Borell will serve two years of probation and forfeited rights to all 43 horses that were seized.

Police arrested Borell in June after investigators found 43 abandoned and emaciated horses on a farm leased by Borell.

Borell’s daughter, horse trainer Maria Borell, is wanted on the same charges. She hasn’t been arrested because she left the state. It’s unclear if Maria Borell has an attorney.

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