Michael Crawford
He pleaded guilty after police were alerted to his intentions when he posted a seedy online advert seeking an owner. When Crawford, from Pennsylvania, received a promising reply, he bought a round-trip ticket to Phoenix, which is 2,000 miles away.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said detectives learned Crawford has been sexually aroused by horses for years and has actually travelled extensively to find horse owners in various cities willing to
allow him access to their animals.
Detectives engaged Crawford in conversations online and over the phone, all the time trying to establish just how serious his problem is.
The Sheriff said Crawford told an undercover deputy that he purchased a non-refundable plane ticket to Phoenix and would be bringing five shirts on which he wanted the horse to urinate.
He told detectives he would mail the clothing back to his home in Pennsylvania, where he apparently planned to wear them for arousal purposes.
"Perversion has reached a new level," Arpaio told the news station.
When Crawford landed in Phoenix, he was met at the airport by undercover deputies.
"I take this crime seriously," Arpaio said.
"It is part of my office's fight against animal abuse. These animals are not meant to be sex toys for the perverted."
Arpaio said the emails, recorded phone calls, postings and a conversation from the airport to a pre-designated meeting with a posse volunteer and his mini horse confirmed Crawford's intentions of committing bestiality, a class six felony.
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