Starving horses found at lottery winner’s ranch
Feb 16, 2012, 2:00 PM
SANGER, Calif. (AP) – Eight starving horses have been found on the California ranch of a man who won $40 million in a lottery 11 years ago.
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) reports 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.
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Information from: The Fresno Bee,
http://www.fresnobee.com
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