Starving horses at lottery winner's ranch

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

(02-16) 05:40 PST Sanger, Calif. (AP) --

Eight starving horses have been found on the California ranch of a $40 million lottery winner.

Fresno County sheriff's deputies arrested 47-year-old Jose Francisco Romo on Wednesday and he was booked for investigation of felony animal cruelty. Bail is set at $40,000.

The Fresno Bee ( http://bit.ly/wpuXCU) says Romo signed over ownership of 11 horses on the 40-acre San Joaquin Valley ranch to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The last three horses are being removed from the Sanger ranch on Thursday.

A neighbor called the SPCA about the emaciated horses.

Romo and his wife moved to the ranch shortly after winning the California SuperLotto jackpot in 2001.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/16/state/n054049S17.DTL

[Javaman]

1. Let me guess...

he ran through the money and couldn't afford to feed them.

fool and his money and all that...

Or

He was just an asshole.

[gvstn]

4. Probably

Bought the horses so he could call the land a "ranch" and get big property tax breaks. Then didn't bother using a portion of the saved money to hire someone to take care of the horses.

Or, he was just an asshole.

[midnight]

2. K&R

[Snake Alchemist]

3. If he has any of his winnings left, seize them ALL. nt