Five horses have been reported stolen from their Tampa-area pasture. An eyewitness watched the situation unfold, unaware the animals were being stolen.

The thieves pulled up a fence post, cut the fence, and released two horses of their own to help them corral the others that were grazing in the pasture. The thieves then drove through the fence, loaded the horses, came back through and re-tied the fence to make it look like the fence was still up.

The incident took place in the 7400 block of Williams Road of Seffner, Fla., on Sept. 5, 2009. Two men, one described as tall and slender, the other chunky with a goatee, worked with a heavyset blond woman as they talked with a neighbor who didn’t know they were stealing the horses.

The thieves were able to drive away with five horses, two of which are listed with Stolen Horse International, in a truck described as a new model maroon Dodge Dully. It was pulling a green combo stock trailer which might have a white canvas top