Deputies say an Ontario County woman is facing new charges after filing a report with the Humane Society indicating that she saw a dog get thrown from a car.
Turns out that dog, which was said to be thrown from a moving vehicle on Friday along Wesley Road in Bloomfield belonged to 22-year-old Elizabeth Ashmead.
The dog, named Hatty, had not been injured.
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The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office and Ontario County Humane Society worked together on the investigation. They say Ashmead owned the dog, which was inherited, and previously belonged to a deceased relative.
Deputies say that Ashmead thought that she could quickly get rid of the dog by making the false claim that it had been thrown out a vehicle.
She was charged with making a false written statement and falsely reporting an incident. An appearance ticket was issued for the misdemeanor charges.
The dog will be adopted out, according to Humane Society reps.
