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A woman was arrested at a Las Vegas airport after allegedly tying her dog to a baggage handler at a JetBlue ticket counter and walking away, police said.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) responded to Harry Reid International Airport on February 2 after receiving reports that a dog had been tied to a metal carry-on baggage checker and abandoned 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.
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The 2-year-old mini goldendoodle mix, nicknamed “Jet Blue,” was taken in by a local rescue group after alleged abandonment. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Officers told the woman she would receive a citation for leaving her dog on the counter.
“Well, I was trying to rebook my flight,” the woman told police.
“So you came all the way here to rebook your flight?” the officer responded.
“Yes, that’s what they told me at the counter,” he said.
“Walk around here without your dog?” the officer responded.
According to LVMPD, airline staff told the dog’s owner that she had not completed the online forms required to travel with the animal as a service dog and was denied a boarding pass. The woman then left the dog and walked through the airport to the departure gate, police said.
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According to police, surveillance video shows a woman leaving her dog tied to a baggage checker at the Las Vegas airport ticket counter. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
The woman allegedly told police that the airline would not allow her to fly with the dog and claimed that it had a tracking device, “implying that it was acceptable to leave the animal behind and that it would return to her.”
Police said the woman became “hostile” and “resisted officers’ attempts to detain her” as she was escorted back through security.
“We can’t believe we have to say this… but please do not abandon your dog at the airport or anywhere else,” the LVMPD said in a social media post.
After a mandatory 10-day holding period passed without the owner returning, the nonprofit Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas took custody of the 2-year-old mini goldendoodle mix nicknamed “Jet Blue.” The rescue will place him in a new home.
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A dog abandoned at a Las Vegas airport, later nicknamed “Jet Blue,” was rescued and is now up for adoption after a mandatory waiting period. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
The group shared in a Facebook post this week that “Jet Blue” has received numerous requests and inquiries from potential owners.
“This sweet boy is amazing. Truly amazing. And after everything he’s been through, the thought of him experiencing abandonment again has us on high alert,” the nonprofit wrote. “We will be extremely intentional in choosing his forever family. He deserves stability. Security. Commitment. A promise for life.”