$5,000 Warrant Issued for Woman in Viral Las Vegas Airport Dog Abandonment Case

A Las Vegas judge has issued a $5,000 bench warrant for Germiran Denae-Nicole Bryson, 26, after she failed to appear for her scheduled arraignment on misdemeanor charges stemming from the viral February incident in which she abandoned her dog at Harry Reid International Airport.

Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Diana Sullivan signed the warrant on March 31, 2026, after Bryson missed her arraignment in Las Vegas Justice Court.

The court had received a phone call from a family member claiming Bryson was hospitalized in another state, but no supporting documentation came with it: no hospital records, no physician’s note, nothing.

Judge Sullivan declined to accept the unverified claim and signed the warrant. It’s now active and carries a $5,000 cash-or-surety bail condition, meaning any law enforcement officer anywhere in the country can detain Bryson and hold her pending her return to Nevada to enter a plea.

Court records show no defense attorney on file for her, and no future court date has been set.

Bryson faces three misdemeanor counts: torturing/injuring/abandoning/starving an animal; making a false statement to a public officer; and resisting a public officer.

Because the charges were misdemeanors at the time of her February arrest, she was cited and released without having to post bond, which is why she was free to miss court in the first place.

The incident that triggered the charges took place on February 2, 2026, when Bryson arrived at the JetBlue ticket counter inside Harry Reid International Airport with her 2-year-old goldendoodle/mini poodle mix. She hadn’t completed the required online paperwork to fly with the dog as a service animal, and when airline staff told her she’d need to register him, she refused.

According to police documents, she told the employee to “call animal control” because she wasn’t going to miss her flight, then looped her dog’s leash around a metal carry-on baggage sizer and walked toward security. Surveillance footage released by LVMPD captured the moment.

She didn’t make it onto the plane. JetBlue staff denied her boarding, officers located her at the departure gate, and when police attempted to cite her, she became disruptive and gave a false last name — Hobbs instead of Bryson.

She also told officers the dog had a tracking chip, apparently implying that made it acceptable to leave him behind.

The case went viral almost immediately. Animal control named the dog JetBlue, and after a mandatory 10-day hold passed with no contact from Bryson, he was relinquished to Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas.

The shelter received over 2,500 adoption applications from around the world. They ultimately chose Officer Skeeter Black, one of the Metro Police officers who had responded to the original airport call, as JetBlue’s permanent adopter.

Bryson’s whereabouts remain publicly unknown. The bench warrant doesn’t expire, and until she surrenders, retains counsel, or is located by law enforcement, her legal future stays unresolved — much like her first court date.