Hi Yo Silver, Getaway!

Virginia is not just for lovers anymore. It is also the hot spot for drunken horseback getaway attempts! A Culpeper, Virginia couple have been arrested for attempting to escape the police, drunk and on horseback. For the second time this year.

They were caught when one was knocked off his horse after riding into a utility wire and the other fell off her horse, police said.

On Saturday night, witnesses asked a man to stop urinating on the side of a convenience store because children were nearby, said Culpeper police Sgt. Scott Jenkins.

The man cursed those who complained, and after exiting the store, charged the group on his horse, witnesses said. One onlooker retreated behind a propane tank, Jenkins said.

When Officer Jeff Dodson arrived at the scene, witnesses told him the man and a woman had left on horseback, Jenkins said. Dodson caught up to them on a nearby street, but the riders fled through a backyard, he said. That was when they both fell off their horses.

They were charged with riding a horse on a highway after dark without proper reflective material, being drunk in public and obstruction of justice. The man also was charged with attempted unlawful wounding.

The pair had been fined earlier this year for a very similar incident. Were are no dealing with rocket surgeons, apparently. Beware of strong drink, my Friends. It can make you fall off your horse at the most inopportune times.