The girl faces 12 counts of willful or malicious killing, maiming or torturing an animal and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property
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- A teen girl was arrested after allegedly stabbing three horses during the NBHA Professional’s Choice Las Vegas Super Show
- She has since been transported to Clark County Juvenile Hall and booked for 12 counts of willful or malicious killing, maiming or torturing an animal and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property
- “It’s kind of scary that something like that would happen here,” a 17-year-old barrel racing competitor said of the incident
A teenage girl was arrested after allegedly stabbing three horses at a barrel racing even in Nevada.
On Saturday, May 30, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) responded to a report that a horse had been injured at a barn in the 9700 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard just after 2 a.m., after which they arrived to find that “three horses had been intentionally injured with a sharp object,” according to a press release.
The LVMPD Animal Cruelty Section investigated the abuse, and detectives identified a teenage girl as a possible suspect…