A knocking sound coming from a car stopped during a regional drunken-driving checkpoint Friday evening originated from a goat, bound and shoved in the trunk of the sedan, authorities said.
When the car, driven by Fiona Ann Enderdy, 32, of Washington, D.C., pulled up to the checkpoint at the Bedford County/Campbell County line on U.S. 460, Bedford Sheriff’s Deputy Allison Key heard noises from the trunk and asked the driver what was in there, according to a Bedford Sheriff’s Office news release.
The driver said she had a goat, and that’s what Key found when Enderdy opened the trunk, the release said. The goat was panting heavily.
An animal control officer also working the checkpoint said the temperature in the trunk was 94 degrees after it had been opened for about 10 minutes, the release said.
Officers gave the goat water and transported it to the Bedford County pound, the release said.
Enderdy told Key she bought the goat from a farmer to give to the four passengers in her car, who are from Kenya but reside in Lynchburg, the release said.
She told deputies she is from the United Kingdom and transporting goats in this manner is acceptable there.
Enderdy was charged with cruelty to an animal and released. Her advisement hearing is scheduled for July 8. A hearing in Bedford County General District Court will soon determine what will happen to the goat.
Friday’s checkpoint was a joint effort among the Bedford and Lynchburg police departments; Bedford, Campbell, and Amherst County sheriff’s offices and the Virginia State Police.
Almost 15,000 vehicles traveled through the checkpoint in just over four hours, resulting in 82 arrests and citations, including three for driving under the influence and one for drugs.
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