Owner says she was afraid for stolen horses

CHARLOTTE, NC Sunday, May. 12, 2013 - Someone recently stole seven horses that Amanda Bechtel of Charlotte owned, including Mazoul, who is pictured here. Last week, law enforcement officials recovered the horses.

After days of looking for her seven stolen horses, Charlotte resident Amanda Bechtel got the call she’d been hoping for.

“How soon can you get here?” Forsyth County Sheriff’s Cpl. Barry Sales asked her when he called Thursday.

It didn’t take her long.

“I was afraid for them,” she said. “They’re like family. I didn’t know if they were even being fed. I hoped they’d have decent grass and some water to drink, at least.”

“When he found them, he actually went out to the location where they were located and sat and waited for me to get them,” Bechtel said. “I just thought he went above and beyond.”

Within three hours, Bechtel joined Sales to recover her seven horses in Walkertown, northeast of Winston-Salem.

A number of people responded and suggested Bechtel reach out to the Shelby-based Stolen Horse International.

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Read more here: By Elisabeth Arriero earriero@charlotteobserver.com, The Charlotte Observer

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