Abandoned Las Vegas airport Dog finds a forever Home with the Officer who saved him
What started as a troubling scene at Harry Reid International Airport has turned into the kind of story that restores a little faith in people.
Earlier this month, a 2 year old mini goldendoodle named Jet Blue was found tied to a metal carry on baggage sizer near the Jet Blue airline ticket counter just after 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 2. According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, a woman left the dog stranded after she was denied a boarding pass when documentation to travel with the pup as a service animal was not completed.
That woman, identified in court records as Germiran Bryson, allegedly walked away from the dog after the airline would not allow them to board, authorities reported. Bryson, 26, was later seen in bodycam footage telling officers she went to the gate to “rebook my flight.”
Police said she also told them the dog had a tracking device, “implying it was acceptable to leave the animal behind and it would return to her.”
Officers did not see it that way. According to police, Bryson “became hostile and resisted officers’ attempts to detain her.” She was arrested on animal abuse and resisting arrest charges. Court records show she faces misdemeanor counts of animal abandonment, resisting a public officer, providing false statements to obstruct a public officer and animal abuse. Court records did not list a defense attorney for Bryson. Her next court date is scheduled for March 31.
As for Jet Blue, his story took a much happier turn. The department announced on Feb. 21 in a social media post that he has been adopted by LVMPD Officer Skeeter Black, one of the officers who helped rescue him.
“Bon voyage, Jet Blue and welcome to a new life where you’ll be loved beyond words by Officer Black and his family,” the post says.
Now, instead of an airport terminal, Jet Blue has a forever home.