Crime & Safety
Horse Gets Loose On Route 36 In Monmouth County: Cops
A horse got loose on Monmouth County early Thursday, causing a big of scene for passerbys. Anybody got photos?
A horse got loose in Monmouth County on Thursday, causing quite a scene for passerbys.
Oceanport police said the horse got loose from Monmouth Park before 9 a.m. and got onto Route 36.
The horse was out for a short while and didn't cause any harm to anybody, police and Monmouth Park employees said.
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Monmouth Park security confirmed that the incident happened, saying that one of its horses apparently got loose through a stable gate.
"From our perspective it was like a dog running loose," said Oceanport Police Chief Dan Barcus
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that moment when on your way to work, a horse breaks loose from Monmouth park & there are police cars & golf carts chasing a horse on rt 36
— coleen (@siglingu) June 30, 2016
We'll have more information as it becomes available. If anybody has pictures, please send to tom.davis@patch.com.
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