BAZETTA (AP) - Authorities here are likely to file charges after fireworks during a rodeo at the Trumbull County Fair scared a horse ridden by a mounted deputy, seriously injuring the man.
Investigators say a rodeo official had been told that fireworks weren't allowed without a license, but that the explosives were used anyway during the show at the fair.
The sheriff's office said that plans to file felony charges Monday against the operator of the rodeo.
The deputy injured during Friday night's rodeo suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung and a broken shoulder in the fall off his horse.