A Central Florida man was arrested for starving and abusing horses.
Polk County Agriculture Crimes Unit detectives arrested 63-year-old Carl Edward Olinger, of north Lakeland, this month after they responded to his property and discovered multiple malnourished horses. Olinger was the custodian of six horses in his pasture.
Upon inspection of the pasture, all six horses were discovered to be malnourished, with ribs and shoulder bones clearly visible. The horses had no access to food or water in the pasture. The pasture was primarily dirt, with almost no edible vegetation for the horses…