October 30th, 2025

KATHRIN BOLTON FOUND GUILTY


By Richard E. “Rick” Dennis CPP
Freelance Writer and Author


October 30, 2025
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CONVICTED OF TWO FELONIES


In an October 20, 2025 news article, the MCCURTAIN GAZETTE NEWS reports: A seven-man, five-women jury deliberated for about two hours Thursday  before finding the former head of a horse sanctuary guilty of animal cruelty. Kathrin Darlene Bolton, 50, was found guilty of depriving a gray-colored Arabian horse mare named “Moon” of necessary food, drink, shelter or veterinary care to prevent suffering. She was also found guilty of cruelty for depriving 37 other horses of necessary food. 


The jury recommended she serve six months in the county jail on each of the two offenses, which could have carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison, one year in county jail, or a fine of $5,000. 


The jury found her not guilty of four other counts of animal cruelty involving specific named horses and one count of embezzlement concerning a horse in her care that disappeared. 


District judge Emily Maxwell set formal sentencing for November 3. Bolton was led from the courtroom in handcuffs.”


“UNTIL NEXT TIME, KEEP EM BETWEEN THE BRIDLE!