A racehorse jockey found himself fleeing State Police on Saturday as a result of an investigation into cheating allegations at the Delta Downs Racetrack and Casino near Lake Charles.

Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforcement Division were conducting post-race checks of each jockey when 41-year-old Ricardo Hernandez-Perez, of Vinton, bolted from the stables. During his brief escape attempt, the jockey removed a battery-operated shocking device from his clothing and tossed it into one of the horse stalls, State Police said.

Officers quickly apprehended Hernandez-Perez and booked him into the Calcasieu Correctional Center. He faces charges of unnatural stimulation of a horse. Louisiana law prohibits the possession or use of devices designed to unnaturally stimulate, depr

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