4 People Charged After Allegedly Riding Horses in Walmart Store

Four individuals in Louisiana have been charged after they allegedly rode their horses by a Walmart.

According to experiences from native retailers WAFB, WBRZ and the Baton Rouge-based newspaper The Advocate, three grownup males and one minor have been arrested after turning themselves in to police on Friday, April 11. Their arrests got here after a social media video of the 4 using their horses by a Walmart in Baker — positioned about 11 miles north of Baton Rouge — went viral.

Baker Police Chief Carl Dunn advised the retailers that Brendon Bridgewater, 24, Patrick Derozan, 22, and Mason Webb, 18, turned themselves in and have been charged with misdemeanor counts of getting into and remaining after forbidden, disturbing the peace and “illegal posting of felony exercise for notoriety and publicity” — a state offense which stops anybody from posting movies or photographs on a public discussion board for consideration.

A fourth horseback rider, a 16-year-old boy, additionally turned himself in and now faces the identical prices.

Several movies posted on social media platforms, together with TikTok, X and Facebook, present 4 horseback riders trotting down the aisle on the Baker Walmart, positioned on Groom Road.

Bystanders could be heard saying, “What the f—?” and one individual, who seemed to be a Walmart worker, laughed, earlier than suggesting that somebody name the police as a result of the group was “gonna scare the s— out of any person.”

Other footage posted on TikTok seemed to be taken from the attitude of one of many riders, as Big & Rich’s 2004 tune “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” performed.

Dunn advised the Advocate that the group’s actions “is likely to be enjoyable to them on the time, however you already know, this might’ve been actual unhealthy for different residents.”

“We’ve obtained to at all times consider others earlier than we act,” he added.

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Webb later spoke to WBRZ for an interview, through which he referred to as himself and his associates the “cutthroat cowboys.” He stated the group did not intend to harm anybody with the stunt.

“It was enjoyable, we have been well-known. That’s all,” he stated.

As the outlet requested in regards to the viral social media clips,” Webb defined, “We did not wanna damage no person or nothing. We at all times experience to Baker, and we simply needed to do it that day.”

After somebody off-camera identified that there is a dialogue round bringing canine inside shops akin to Walmart, Webb agreed, including that his horse is his “emotional help animal.”

Entering and remaining after forbidden and illegal submit of felony exercise every carry a possible advantageous of $500, a most jail sentence of six months, or each. Disturbing the peace carries a most sentence of 90 days or a $100 advantageous in Louisiana.