EAGLE POINT, OREGON — A man on a horse chased down and lassoed a thief in a Walmart parking lot last Friday. <br /> <br />Rancher Robert Borba was loading his cattle trailer with dog food and a camping tent when he heard a woman yelling that someone was stealing her bike, according to the Medford Mail Tribune. <br /> <br />“I seen this fella trying to get up to speed on a bicycle,” Borba said. “I wasn’t going to catch him on foot. I just don’t run very fast.” <br /> <br />Borba quickly unloaded his horse Long John from the back of his trailer. <br /> <br />Borba and his horse then chased after the alleged thief as he struggled with the gears of the bicycle. <br /> <br />The suspect, 23-year-old Victorino Arellano-Sanchez, then ditched the bike and tried to run away on foot. <br /> <br />Borba caught up to Arellano-Sanchez and threw his lasso around his legs and dragged him to the ground like roped cattle. <br /> <br />Borba said the man tried to grab a tree and get free, but Borba and Long John kept the rope taut. <br /> <br />The rancher then called 911 and kept the suspect under ropes for about 15 minutes until the Eagle Point police arrived. <br /> <br />Arellano-Sanchez was arrested and charged with misdemeanor theft.
