State Sen. Randy Price and his wife, Lee County Revenue Commissioner Oline Price, were arrested on Monday and charged with three counts each of “large animals running at large,” a misdemeanor offense, according to a press release from the Opelika Police Department.
Senator Price explained the animal in question was a cow.
The Opelika Police press release said the couple turned themselves in at the Lee County Sheriff’s Department after the warrants were filed against them. The press release said a neighbor filed a complaint against the Prices.
According to Opelika Circuit Clerk documents the complaint was filed by David Morris who alleges both Oline and Randy Price on or about June 8th 2022, committed the offense of animal running at large with the city of Opelika.
The Opelika Police along with the Opelika Animal Control investigated the complaint which was then handed over to the Opelika Municipal Court and “probable cause was found for the warrants to be issued,” according to the press release.
The State Code of Alabama section 3-5-2 says that it is unlawful for owners of any livestock or animal to allow that animal to “run at large upon premises of another without permission or upon public lands, highways, roads or streets” in the state of Alabama.
Randy Price explained the incident involved one cow. “Today my wife, Oline and I responded to a warrant that had been issued against us,” he wrote. “A cow that is in our herd got off our property onto the neighbor’s property and the neighbor filed a complaint with the Opelika police department for a cow running at large which is a city ordinance.”
Oh, let me guess his neighbor is a Democrat. Crap happens and cows get out, get over it.