Crawford hoped the fictitious owner would allow Crawford to engage in "perverted" sex acts with an animal, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said at a press conference on Sunday. Crawford posted an ad on a popular website soliciting a willing horse owner, according to the Sheriff's Office. Investigators in the Animal Crimes Investigations Unit opened the case in October and corresponded with Crawford via email and telephone.
Many exchanges graphically detailed what Crawford intended to do once he arrived in Arizona. Crawford said he was looking forward to the visit and described his desires. Crawford arrived late on Friday at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, where he was met by deputies. They took Crawford to a trailer furnished by a posse volunteer and located in Tolleson, where Crawford was shown two ponies.
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Following the equines' presentation, Crawford was arrested and booked into Maricopa County Jail on suspicion of a bestiality charge, a Class 6 felony. Arpaio said Crawford told deputies he didn't understand why he was taken into custody, because he had not committed any sex acts with the Tolleson horses. But Crawford told deputies he had engaged in acts of bestiality since 1970, Arpaio said. "This is animal cruelty; there is not enough teeth in the law for animal cruelty. He would have gotten away with it if he'd picked the wrong county and the wrong sheriff."
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"He would have gotten away with it if he'd picked the wrong county and the wrong sheriff."
Um, does this mean there's a county and a sheriff who'd be happy to let the guy molest animals?
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