A lady was arrested on the Orlando Worldwide Airport on March 18. What she’s accused of will make your coronary heart sink.
In keeping with a report from native station WFTV-9, Alison Agatha Lawrence was instructed by TSA that she didn’t have the right documentation to carry her canine on a flight again in mid-December 2024.
As a substitute of calling somebody to select up the canine, or rescheduling her flight till correct paperwork was obtained, the 57-year-old allegedly drowned her personal canine within the girls’s rest room. She allegedly then discarded her canine right into a trash bin. Orlando police say she then boarded her flight as if nothing occurred.
An airport worker later discovered the useless canine and alerted authorities. The breed of canine or its age on the time of its dying are each unclear.
After a warrant was issued for her arrest, Lawrence was taken into police custody in Clermont, Florida, and was launched later that very same day after posting a $5,000 bond in Lake County jail. She was charged with one rely of felony animal abuse — a 3rd diploma felony.
Channel 9 spoke to Lawrence’s neighbors on March 19, who recalled seeing Lawrence strolling a white poodle within the neighborhood. They revealed how the suspect, whom they described as reserved, and the canine had been absent as of late.
One neighbor stated, “Somebody that will do such issues has obtained to be disturbed upstairs.”
“That is one more horrible instance of why I filed Senate Invoice 502: (Animal Cruelty Offences) associated to animal cruelty, which strengthens felony penalties for many who do hurt to harmless animals,” State Senator Tom Leek stated in a assertion after he was notified of the incident. “It’s my dedication to have this good invoice go the Florida Senate and the Florida Home of Representatives and despatched to Governor Ron DeSantis for his signature.”