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ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 Eyewitness News has learned that a woman boarding a flight at Orlando International Airport has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after killing her dog in the airport bathroom.
Sources told WFTV that Alison Agatha Lawrence allegedly drowned her dog in an airport bathroom at MCO.
Sources said she was trying to board a flight but didn’t have the right paperwork to allow the dog to board and couldn’t take it.
Orlando police have now charged her with animal cruelty.
This is a developing story, and investigative reporter Shannon Butler will have more details on Eyewitness News starting at 4 p.m.
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