{"id":437943,"date":"2026-01-28T05:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/437943\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T05:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:11:13","slug":"man-accused-of-violating-a-horse-at-vernon-equestrian-centre-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/437943\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of violating a horse at Vernon equestrian centre arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A man caught on video allegedly violating a horse <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11638871\/suspect-identified-violating-horse-vernon-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at a Vernon, B.C., equestrian centre<\/a> has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vernon North Okanagan RCMP confirmed the man has been released from custody, pending further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>No charges have been laid at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Erica Van Meehan, the owner of Abigail Equestrian, says an intruder triggered her security cameras early on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>RCMP confirmed they were called, but said the suspect fled before officers arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Van Meehan told Global News that she reviewed the security footage with the responding police officers and the RCMP said the footage revealed a criminal offence had occurred within an enclosed animal pen on the property.<\/p>\n<p>Van Meehan said there is evidence to suggest that other horses at her centre may have also been assaulted.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11637758\/pillsbury-pizza-pop-e-coli-recall-expanded\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769577072_609_Pillsbury-Pizza-Pops-3-Cheese-4-count-Front.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPizza Pops E. coli recall grows as roughly a dozen products now hit\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a 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