LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Clark County District Attorney’s Office is seeking to move a case involving a teenage girl accused of stabbing multiple horses during a barrel racing event to adult court.
In a release shared Tuesday, prosecutors said the office is reviewing the case to determine what charges to file against the juvenile. Potential charges listed in the release include willful or malicious torture, maiming or killing of an animal, and felony malicious destruction of property.
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said officers were called about 2:07 a.m. Saturday to a report that a horse had been injured at a barn area at South Point Casino, where a barrel racing competition was being held. Police said three horses were “intentionally injured with a sharp object,” and the injuries were not considered life-threatening but were expected to prevent the horses from competing.
LVMPD’s Animal Cruelty Section identified a teenage girl as a possible suspect, police said, and took her into custody. She was booked into Clark County Juvenile Hall, police said.
Police said the teen faces 12 counts of willful or malicious killing, maiming or torturing an animal and three counts of felony malicious destruction of property.
The district attorney’s office said the next hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 4, and a certification hearing will be set for a later date, when a judge will decide whether the case should proceed in the adult criminal justice system.
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