4 Individuals Charged After Allegedly Using Horses in Walmart Retailer

4 individuals in Louisiana have been charged after they allegedly rode their horses by means of a Walmart.

Based on reviews from native retailers WAFB, WBRZ and the Baton Rouge-based newspaper The Advocate, three grownup males and one minor have been arrested after turning themselves in to police on Friday, April 11. Their arrests got here after a social media video of the 4 driving their horses by means of a Walmart in Baker — positioned about 11 miles north of Baton Rouge — went viral.

Baker Police Chief Carl Dunn instructed the retailers that Brendon Bridgewater, 24, Patrick Derozan, 22, and Mason Webb, 18, turned themselves in and have been charged with misdemeanor counts of getting into and remaining after forbidden, disturbing the peace and “illegal posting of prison exercise for notoriety and publicity” — a state offense which stops anybody from posting movies or pictures on a public discussion board for consideration.

A fourth horseback rider, a 16-year-old boy, additionally turned himself in and now faces the identical fees.

A number of movies posted on social media platforms, together with TikTok, X and Fb, present 4 horseback riders trotting down the aisle on the Baker Walmart, positioned on Groom Highway.

Bystanders may be heard saying, “What the f—?” and one individual, who gave the impression to be a Walmart worker, laughed, earlier than suggesting that somebody name the police as a result of the group was “gonna scare the s— out of any person.”

Different footage posted on TikTok gave the impression to be taken from the angle of one of many riders, as Massive & Wealthy’s 2004 music “Save a Horse (Experience a Cowboy)” performed.

Dunn instructed the Advocate that the group’s actions “is perhaps enjoyable to them on the time, however you understand, this might’ve been actual dangerous for different residents.”

“We have got to at all times consider others earlier than we act,” he added.

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Webb later spoke to WBRZ for an interview, during which he referred to as himself and his associates the “cutthroat cowboys.” He mentioned the group did not intend to harm anybody with the stunt.

“It was enjoyable, we have been well-known. That is all,” he mentioned.

Because the outlet requested concerning the viral social media clips,” Webb defined, “We did not wanna harm no person or nothing. We at all times trip to Baker, and we simply wished to do it that day.”

After somebody off-camera identified that there is a dialogue round bringing canine inside shops equivalent to Walmart, Webb agreed, including that his horse is his “emotional help animal.”

Coming into and remaining after forbidden and illegal put up of prison exercise every carry a possible tremendous of $500, a most jail sentence of six months, or each. Disturbing the peace carries a most sentence of 90 days or a $100 tremendous in Louisiana.