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Photo: Some Jerk Tagged An LAPD Police Horse On Venice Beach
A police horse became the unfortunate victim of some idiot tagger on Venice Beach earlier this week. Hey guys, let's not tag horses!On Tuesday a ballsy ne'er-do-well approached Charly, a horse with the LAPD's Mounted Unit, and tagged his rear leg while its officer was issuing a citation. With a silver marker, the letters "RBS" were left on Charly before the tagger ran off. According to Venice311, the suspect was described as a male wearing a gray hoodie and a backpack.
"I think it's unfortunate, but people love to tag things in Venice, so really, I guess a horse is just the next step," Venice resident Mark Stegall told CBS 2.
According to the L.A. Times, Charly is an 8-year veteran of the force. The graffiti was washed off Charly later that night and the horse was unharmed.
Anyone with information about the douchebag who tagged Charly is asked to call detectives at (310) 482-6313.
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