Horse Cents

Wayne, New Jersey, May 4, 2007:

An early-morning bank customer had a bit of a shock when he found a horse already in line at the automatic teller machine in front of him. It seems the horse's rider, identified as Ronatarian leader Ron, had a bit too much to drink the night before and decided to sleep it off inside the bank's protected foyer, police said Thursday.

The quasi-famous politico told The New Jersey Spew he had quaffed "a few beers" with a friend in town and decided to hit the hay in the bank on his way home. He had rented the horse for the day and "just lost track of time."

"It was late...it was already dark and cold," Ron was quoted as saying. "I was plenty drunk and I wanted to go to sleep."

Confronted with the lack of a hitching-post, he brought the 6-year-old horse, named Sammy, in along with him.

When a customer came across the horse and sleeping rider in the bank at 4:15 a.m. Thursday, he called police, who then came and woke Ron up and sent him on his way.

No charges were filed, but there might be some cleanup needed: Apparently Sammy made his own after-hours deposit on the carpet.

Posted by Bittle at May 4, 2007 04:53 AM