According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Bryson, 26, allegedly left her two-year-old golden doodle dog inside Harry Reid International Airport on February 2 after being told she lacked proper paperwork to bring him on board as a service animal. Police said she tied the dog to a metal carry-on at the JetBlue ticket counter and stormed off without looking back. Bryson was caught at her departing gate shortly after, detained, and charged with animal abandonment and resisting arrest.
She claimed the dog had a tracking device, implying it was acceptable to leave the animal behind and it would return to her, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Because the charges are misdemeanors, Bryson was not required to post bond and was allowed to walk free. At her first court appearance on Tuesday, Las Vegas Justice Court Judge Diana Sullivan said her office received a call from a member of Bryson's family claiming she was in the hospital in another state, according to KLAS.
Her leaving her dog, who is her very best friend and she travels with him everywhere, is another sign of the severity and degradation of her condition.
Judge Sullivan did not receive any documentation to support the hospitalization claim and issued the bench warrant, which allows any police officer to arrest Bryson and hold her in jail until she returns to Las Vegas to enter a plea. Bryson's brother, Gerrayl Bryson, said his sister was disabled by an injury she suffered as a member of the US Armed Forces and was not of sound mind when she abandoned the dog.
So again, the best way that this incident can be described is as a young female veteran having a crisis.