Man gets rider for killing ex-girlfriends horse after break up

MORELAND — A 25-year-old has been sentenced aft pleading blameworthy to sidesplitting his ex-girlfriend’s equine aft a breakup.

Shawn Brayden Jones was sentenced connected Aug. 8 by District Judge Stevan Thompson to a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 years successful prison.

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Thompson past suspended nan condemnation and placed Jones connected a retained jurisdiction, different known arsenic a rider, wherever Jones will complete a one-year curen programme successful prison. Once nan programme is over, Thompson tin determine whether to nonstop Jones to situation for his fixed condemnation aliases merchandise him connected probation.

Jones initially pleaded not blameworthy to felony malicious wounded to property. He later accepted a plea statement to plead blameworthy successful speech for nan prosecution recommending a retained jurisdiction astatine sentencing.

Background

On Feb. 6, astir 4:42 p.m., according to tribunal documents, a Bingham County Sheriff’s lawman met pinch Jones astatine a Moreland location regarding a petition for help.

When nan lawman arrived, Jones explained he had surgery up pinch a woman, 22-year-old Mailee Cooper, nan week earlier and that her 12-year-old horse, Bree, had been staying connected his property.

Jones stated he “did not deliberation (Bree) had been fed aliases taken attraction of and that it wasn’t doing good, truthful he needed to put it down.”

Jones said cipher had travel since Jan. 31 to return attraction of nan horse, and he “didn’t cognize what was going connected pinch it.”According to nan deputy, Jones smelled for illustration alcohol, and “the smell grew arsenic he said more.”

The lawman took photos of nan equine and noticed beside nan slug wounds, “the equine appeared to beryllium successful bully health” and “there were nary signs of malnourishment aliases neglect.”

Jones told nan lawman he changeable nan equine 4 times pinch a lever action 22 rifle.

While speaking pinch Jones, a family personnel of his asked to talk to nan deputy, and stated Jones “did not request to sprout nan horse” and “was retired of power and needed charges.”

Police reports opportunity nan lawman contacted Cooper, who said she had been astatine nan spot astir 2 p.m. that day. She stated Jones had been drinking and became “irate” complete nan breakup, starring to Cooper leaving nan location to get a motortruck and trailer to prime up her horse.

While driving, Cooper received a telephone from Jones’ relative, saying Jones had changeable nan horse.

According to Cooper, nan equine was registered pinch nan American Quarter Horse Association and was worthy $10,000. She told nan lawman a friend of hers had fed it that day, and she had visited to provender and cheque connected nan equine connected Feb. 2.

Cooper was “adamant nan equine was not mistreated astatine all.”

The lawman requested a breathalyzer trial for Jones, which showed a humor intoxicant level of .186, complete doubly nan ineligible limit of .08.

Jones later admitted Cooper had been location that time and erstwhile she left, he changeable nan horse. Jones was past taken into custody and booked into nan Bingham County Jail.