Woman charged with animal abandonment after leaving dog tied at JetBlue counter at Las Vegas airport
A woman was arrested at a Las Vegas airport after allegedly tying her dog to a baggage sizer at a JetBlue ticket counter and walking away, police said. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) responded to Harry Reid International Airport on Feb. 2 after receiving reports that a dog had been tied to a metal carry-on baggage sizer and left behind at the airport's JetBlue ticket counter. The woman was arrested on charges of animal abandonment and resisting arrest. Footage released by the LVMPD shows the woman, whose face was blurred in the video, approaching the ticket counter with her dog before walking away and leaving the dog's leash tied to the counter. PASSENGER’S WI-FI NAME TRIGGERS BOMB SCARE, FORCES TURKISH AIRLINES EMERGENCY LANDING Officers told the woman that she would receive a citation for leaving her dog at the counter. "Well, I was trying to re-book my flight ," the woman told police. "So you walked out here to re-book your fligh...