Man arrested, posts bond after dog is tossed into Las Vegas dumpster
A man accused of tossing a live dog into a residential dumpster posted bond immediately after he was arrested, court records show.
Alexis Flores, 30, was arrested Thursday and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on three counts of animal cruelty. As of Friday morning, he was no longer in custody, according to an inmate database.
Court records also show that Flores paid $50 to a bail bonds company as a fee related to his $9,000 bail.
Flores was caught on video in the act, the Metropolitan Police Department stated in a news release. The video circulated online after being posted to Facebook on Tuesday by Vegas Pet Rescue Project, an animal rights nonprofit.
According to the post and the Metropolitan Police Department, a chihuahua was thrown “into the dumpster like trash” in the 5500 block of Sheila Avenue at 9:14 a.m. Monday.
Metro responded with Animal Protection Services, and the dog was rescued the next day, police said in a news release.
In the video attached to the post, a shirtless man in red shorts can be seen exiting a vehicle, loosely carrying a dog at waist level, and tossing the animal into a residential dumpster. The man then returns to the vehicle and prepares to drive off before checking the bin and closing its lid.
The people who obtained the video, which appeared to have been recorded from a home security camera, saved the dog afterward, according to the post. Vegas Pet Rescue Project said the animal is now in its care.
The incident is purported to have happened less than 24 hours after the Assembly Judiciary Committee revived “Reba’s Law,” an animal cruelty bill named after an English bulldog left in a plastic tote during a summer heat wave.
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