ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. (Gray News) – Police in Pennsylvania say a man is facing charges after he allegedly abandoned his puppy outside the airport because “he was unable to fly with it.”
Allegheny County Police officers were notified around 5 p.m. Friday about an abandoned puppy running loose at the Pittsburgh International Airport’s departures curb. With the help of witnesses, they safely caught the puppy, a chocolate Labrador retriever.
Police identified 42-year-old Omar Perez, of Texas, as the puppy’s owner. Perez initially claimed he saw an Uber driver abandon the dog, but police say they determined Perez left it “when he realized he was unable to fly with it.”
Perez is facing multiple charges, including animal cruelty and animal abandonment…