voiceofreason
Senior News Editor since 2011
https://www.wcvb.com/article/norfol...ested-turner-hill-equestrian-stables/37081941
Police arrest 19-year-old man accused of abusing horse at Norfolk stable
Updated: 4:08 PM EDT Jul 20, 2021
NORFOLK, Mass. —
A Boston man is facing multiple charges in connection with a reported sexual assault of a horse that happened in Norfolk last week, according to police.
Norfolk police say 19-year-old Jackson Z. Kelley, who lives in Boston's Allston neighborhood, turned himself in late Tuesday morning with his attorney.
Advertisement
Kelley was arrested, booked at the police station and transported to Wrentham District Court to be arraigned on the following charges: sexual contact with an animal, cruelty to animals and nighttime breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony.
"The Norfolk Police Department would like to thank the public for taking the time to come forward and become involved," reads a statement from the department. "We received many calls providing information which eventually led to the identification of Kelley as the suspect."
The MetroWest Daily News, a WCVB media partner, reports that during his arraignment on Tuesday, Kelley was ordered to be held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing that is scheduled for Friday.
The owner of Turner Hill Equestrian Stables, Hillary Swarr, confirmed to NewsCenter 5 on July 17 that one of the horses at her Miller Street facility was sexually assaulted in the early morning hours of July 15.
"I don't think anybody is prepared for something like this," Swarr said.
Swarr says she got an alert from her security system at around 4:30 a.m. on July 15 and she saw a man inside the stables abusing one of the horses when she checked her security cameras.
According to Swarr, the man unplugged all of her security cameras except one, and was able to flee the scene before anyone could get to the stables to stop or apprehend him.
"I felt violated. I felt lost. I felt scared," Swarr said. "To see that someone would come into my own home and degrade a positive environment left me feeling violated.
According to Swarr, the suspect -- later identified as Kelley -- knew how to handle horses and is familiar with the animals.
"Someone, perhaps, in the business was savvy enough to get into the barn; be able to halter a horse, which to people who are novice, was not the easiest task; was able to put it on a cross-tie system, which secures the horse in a certain, particular area; and had the knowh0w to get grain or feed to keep it occupied," Swarr said.
Police arrest 19-year-old man accused of abusing horse at Norfolk stable
Updated: 4:08 PM EDT Jul 20, 2021
NORFOLK, Mass. —
A Boston man is facing multiple charges in connection with a reported sexual assault of a horse that happened in Norfolk last week, according to police.
Norfolk police say 19-year-old Jackson Z. Kelley, who lives in Boston's Allston neighborhood, turned himself in late Tuesday morning with his attorney.
Advertisement
Kelley was arrested, booked at the police station and transported to Wrentham District Court to be arraigned on the following charges: sexual contact with an animal, cruelty to animals and nighttime breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony.
"The Norfolk Police Department would like to thank the public for taking the time to come forward and become involved," reads a statement from the department. "We received many calls providing information which eventually led to the identification of Kelley as the suspect."
The MetroWest Daily News, a WCVB media partner, reports that during his arraignment on Tuesday, Kelley was ordered to be held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing that is scheduled for Friday.
The owner of Turner Hill Equestrian Stables, Hillary Swarr, confirmed to NewsCenter 5 on July 17 that one of the horses at her Miller Street facility was sexually assaulted in the early morning hours of July 15.
"I don't think anybody is prepared for something like this," Swarr said.
Swarr says she got an alert from her security system at around 4:30 a.m. on July 15 and she saw a man inside the stables abusing one of the horses when she checked her security cameras.
According to Swarr, the man unplugged all of her security cameras except one, and was able to flee the scene before anyone could get to the stables to stop or apprehend him.
"I felt violated. I felt lost. I felt scared," Swarr said. "To see that someone would come into my own home and degrade a positive environment left me feeling violated.
According to Swarr, the suspect -- later identified as Kelley -- knew how to handle horses and is familiar with the animals.
"Someone, perhaps, in the business was savvy enough to get into the barn; be able to halter a horse, which to people who are novice, was not the easiest task; was able to put it on a cross-tie system, which secures the horse in a certain, particular area; and had the knowh0w to get grain or feed to keep it occupied," Swarr said.