HURRICANE, W.Va. – A West Virginia woman is under arrest after confessing to authorities that she killed a pet lizard during a disagreement with her partner.
Hannah Nicole Jones from Hurricane faces charges of domestic battery and animal cruelty following an incident early Wednesday, as detailed in a criminal complaint filed at Putnam County Magistrate Court.
According to the complaint, law enforcement initially responded to an apartment complex following a report of a domestic altercation. Upon arrival, they encountered a man who alleged that Jones struck him with a curtain rod. The man explained that their verbal altercation escalated to physical confrontation after he used a derogatory term to refer to her.
Police reported that Jones acknowledged hurling flower pots against the wall, shattering a fish tank, and killing a pet gecko by placing it in a garbage disposal and activating it. Bond for Jones, aged 19, has been set at $10,000.
