Sexually assaulting, mutilating horses
Peoria, IL (US)Date: Sep 1989
Disposition: Convicted
Abuser/Suspect: Steven M. Walters
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In 1990, Walters, then 40, was convicted of six counts of misdemeanor criminal damage to property for tying wire around the penises of six geldings in the Brimfield and Dunlap area in fall 1989, according to court records and Journal Star archives. Geldings are castrated horses.
Police say Walters, who was cooperating with them, allegedly committed sexual acts to the male horses - in addition to mares - both in the past cases and the present.
His arrest in 1989 came after he apparently had abandoned his car near the residence of one of the horse owners. Walters did not own horses and apparently did not know any of the horse owners whose animals were damaged, police then said.
None of the six horses died, but they suffered injury, mostly in the form of swelling, according to Journal Star archives.
Walters was ordered to pay more than $4,000 restitution to the owners, serve one year of probation and perform 240 hours of community service. He also was ordered to submit to a psychiatric evaluation. References | PJStar.com |
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