Florida woman charged for drowning dog in airport toilet after it was barred from traveling: police

A pistillate who was accused of drowning her canine successful a bath toilet astatine the Orlando International Airport aft she was told it was incapable to board, has been arrested months aft the gruesome discovery.

The Orlando Police Department told Fox News Digital that the incidental took spot connected Dec. 16, 2024, erstwhile officers were dispatched to the airdrome aft receiving reports from airdrome unit who had travel crossed a dormant canine successful a women’s restroom.

Based connected the investigation, police said a warrant was issued for the apprehension of the dog's owner, Alison Agatha Lawrence, for aggravated carnal cruelty, which is simply a third-degree felony. 

New details successful the probable origin statement, obtained by FOX 35 Orlando, allege that Lawrence did not person the due documents that would let her canine to committee the plane, causing her to go agitated. 

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Alison Lawrence was precocious arrested aft a dormant carnal was recovered successful a bath past twelvemonth astatine the Orlando International Airport (OIA), according to police.  (Orlando Police Department)

The study says an airdrome worker went into the women's bath crossed from the airline's check-in antagonistic and noticed a pistillate had been successful 1 of the stalls for an unusually agelong time, and was connected the crushed appearing to cleanable up "a batch of h2o and a batch of canine food" from the floor.

The worker had to permission concisely for different "cleanup emergency" and returned astir 20 minutes aboriginal and noticed that the bath trash container was "heavier than normal."

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An apprehension affidavit alleges Alison Lawrence committed the December 2024 transgression aft she was told she could not committee her formation with the favored due to the fact that she didn't person the due paperwork to bash so. (FOX 35 Orlando)

Inside the trash, the worker recovered a deceased achromatic canine on with respective dog-related items, including a leash, collar, and canine tag, the study read, alongside the devastating photos. 

A necropsy aboriginal determined that the canine apt died from drowning/being submerged successful water.

Surveillance video showed Lawrence astatine the airdrome talking with an hose worker and past different worker astatine the check-in counter, anterior to being told that her canine was not allowed connected the level due to the fact that she did not person the due paperwork that the hose required, constabulary reported. 

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The Orlando Police Department said officers were dispatched to the airdrome connected Dec. 16, 2024, aft receiving reports from airdrome unit who had travel crossed the dormant canine successful a women’s restroom. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"After Alison Agatha Lawrence was denied boarding of the canine owed to improper paperwork, Alison Agatha Lawrence is believed to person taken utmost and tragic enactment by sidesplitting the dog," Orlando constabulary said successful the apprehension affidavit.

Police said aft the dog's death, Lawrence proceeded done information and yet boarded her formation to Colombia. 

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Lawrence was taken into custody earlier this week successful Lake County, constabulary said, wherever she is being held connected a $5,000 enslaved and volition yet beryllium extradited to Orange County.

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) shared a connection with FOX 35 News, stating that they "fully cooperate with instrumentality enforcement" and urged anyone traveling with pets to reappraisal the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website for guidelines and accusation anterior to traveling. 

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist transgression cases, amerciable immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to [email protected]