Pahrump woman arrested after shooting neighbor’s puppy, police say

courtesy of Nye County Sheriff's Office

A 40-year-old Pahrump woman was arrested after taking her neighbor's puppy to a desert area Sunday and shooting it multiple times, days after the dog killed her two ducklings, according to the Nye County Sheriff's Office.

Maria Furtado was arrested on charges of animal cruelty, two counts of neglect/abuse of a child and petit larceny.

Furtado took the puppy from its rope on her neighbor's property and drove it to the desert near Front Sight Road with her 3-year-old child and 15-year-old son in the vehicle, the Sheriff's Office said.

The gender of the 3-year-old was not immediately available.

When she reached the desert, she removed the puppy from the vehicle and shot it multiple times with a pistol before reportedly having her teenage son shoot it, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Police were called about 6 p.m., and Furtado was booked into the Nye County Detention Center.

The condition of the puppy was not immediately available.