Recovered EQUINE Ariel,

Recovered EQUINE Ariel,

08 February 2011

May 6, 2006: Rod Vilencia Case Finalized

A previous court awarded Rod Vilencia, temporary custody in September 2005 and Ariel, with two offspring, came home after 12 years!  We received a call from Rod Vilencia after his long awaited day in an Oregon criminal court Saturday; the horses are finally his! He has his paperwork on the horses. There will be more about this later once the actual court documents are received but in short the penalties for the felony conviction amounts to: working on a work crew 15 days, 18 months probation, repayment of money owed to the caregiver of the horses after they were taken, no contact with, about etc, Mr. Vilencia for the probation period. A civil case against Ms. Voyles is still pending and set for trial in June 2006.

SHI Announces Court Victories for Victims in Missing Horse Cases!

SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA – May 2, 2006 - From California to Maryland, Stolen Horse International has cases proving the justice system can prevail! When a horse owner is faced with the devastating loss of his or her beloved horse, not through death, but through someone’s ill intent, that person is also faced with a decision of how to handle the situation. For Rod Vilencia of California the victory was more than a decade in the making. And in the end, he was blessed with the return of not only his mare, but with two of her offspring as well. However, that victory was incomplete pending a court verdict on the charges against the accused. The day of the verdict, Rod quickly emailed his group of supporters the following:

Today, on April 20, 2006, Shaunda L. Voyles of Seal Rock, Oregon pleaded guilty to Felony Forgery in the first degree to avoid a trial in the stolen horse and forgery case that the state of Oregon had against her! As a part of her plea deal, she has relinquished custody of Ariel, Lena, and Jesse to me and that means that ARIEL IS HOME TO STAY! This is the news that I been hoping to give you all for the past year and a half, and the dream that I have had for the past 13 years now!

Rod went on to thank a number of people including Debi Metcalfe, who was there to personally celebrate Ariel, Lena and Jesse’s homecoming last October. He writes, “Debi Metcalfe, you have been my rock through all of this and you are a Hero.”

Find out what's next for Rod and read about another court victory HERE

Ariel arriving home TWELVE years later on Friday, October 14, 2005

October 11, 2005 - Riverside, California - In June 1993, When Rod Vilencia reluctantly decided to sell his beloved horse, Ariel, a buckskin breeding stock paint mare, he never had any idea what the ensuing decade would hold. The person who was supposed to purchase his horse from him failed to pay for her, and for 11 years, Rod searched relentlessly for his mare. He had no real leads until he happened upon the buyer one day while doing a spontaneous Internet search on Google. Much to his surprise, there was Ariel listed on a website as a broodmare at this person’s new farm in Oregon. For so many years, Rod had hoped that Ariel had not met a horrible fate, and he hoped that he could one day bring her home.

Well, that day is finally here! This Friday, October 14, 2005, Ariel will be arriving home!

Could it get any better? Yes, it can!
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