{"id":415718,"date":"2026-07-28T22:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/415718\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:04:17","slug":"san-jose-police-wrangle-runaway-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/415718\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose police wrangle runaway pony"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert Salonga
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SAN JOSE \u2014 Police officers spotted, tracked and wrangled a Shetland pony Thursday night after the animal escaped from its home and spent a whole day roaming the Evergreen suburbs.<\/p>\n

San Jose police got a report around 5:25 a.m. Thursday that the pony had left its enclosure the night before in a neighborhood off San Felipe Road.<\/p>\n

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That evening, midnight-shift officers spotted the animal trotting on a residential street in the area and slowly pursued it in a patrol vehicle, some of which was shown in a short video clip the police department posted on social media Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Officers returned the pony to its owner soon after, police said. No injuries, neither pony nor human, were reported.<\/p>\n

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\n The Jefferson Police officer shot the suspect as he got out of his vehicle and ran at him with a knife; the suspect then stabbed the officer in the face\n <\/p>\n

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\n South Lake Tahoe Police officers arrested the man for lowering the station\u2019s flag and attempting to ignite it\n <\/p>\n

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\n The suspect was shot and killed during an altercation with officers after he injured one with a knife, Madison Police stated; officers were not wearing body cameras\n <\/p>\n

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