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Thieves steal equipment worth thousands from Loudon Co. horse barn

A Loudon County woman is offering up a reward for the return of thousands of dollars worth of sentimental horse equipment.

"I don't even have the stuff to get on a horse," Kelly Wallace said. "They took my helmets, all of my helmets, my bridles, my girths, everything, I can't even ride until I replace some of the critical things."

Wallace said she knew instantly something was wrong when she walked to her barn on Monday morning and saw a bridle on the ground outside.

"The horse community is outraged over this because it could be anybody," she said. "This is what, aside from maybe a barn fire or something like that, I mean, this is one of the most devastating losses a horse person can experience."

Thieves also nearly emptied Wallace's horse trailer, taking off with enough gear to end her competition season. She won't even be able to rider her horse, Stryder, until she manages to replace the equipment.

In the meantime, she has compiled a list of what went missing and sent it out to her friends within the horse community. She's also working with investigators at the Loudon County Sheriff's Office.

"It's probably somebody that knows how to move these kind of items 'cause they're in the same type maybe horse trade, they may even show horses themselves and got into some kind of bind, whether it be bills or narcotics or anything like that, so this is why they picked this particular place," Lt. Patrick Upton said.

Investigators said they will still search the typical places, including pawn shops, but they'll also keep an eye on Craigslist and tack meets. 

Plus, with so much missing, they say there's a better chance something will turn up somewhere.

Meanwhile, Wallace said several of her friends have offered to chip in money so that she can offer a donation for the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the crime.

"You work all your life, you work hard to accumulate things that are important to you, you develop sentimental value with it, and someone thinks it's okay to come and take it from you, and that's not human, that's not human," she said. "I guess I was just raised right, somebody wasn't.

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