Gender: Male
Approximate Age: 64
Location: Reading Township, PA (US)

History

Jun 2005 - Reading, PA (US)
Convicted: 36 emaciated horses removed from farm

Sentence: The judge accepted a plea agreement which included the return of nine horses and dropping all but four charges against Bortner.

Fined $1,000; $10,000 restitution payment to the SPCA, which will cover the costs of caring for the horses after they were seized; serve 360 days of unsupervised probation, under an agreement. not allowed to have more than 15 horses on the Rife Road property at any given time; any horses on the property must be seen by a veterinarian and a farrier on a monthly basis; give the SPCA access to his property so they can inspect it as well as the horses.


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