Mich. Woman Arrested for Stabbing Dog and Posting Footage to Social Media

A Detroit woman has been charged with allegedly stabbing her dog and then posting a video of the injured dog on social media, according to a Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office news release.

On Wednesday, April 9, Jordan Love, 29, who previously fled Michigan after allegedly abusing her dog, was charged with second-degree killing/torturing animals and abandoning/cruelty to four to 10 animals. She could face seven years in prison for the first charge, and an additional two years for the second charge.

Love allegedly stabbed the dog multiple times and posted a video showing the abuse on social media on Friday, Feb. 7. She allegedly admitted to stabbing the dog in the video. She said she did so because it went after one of her cats, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

Love then fled Michigan, left behind three dogs and four cats, and headed to Greenville, S.C. 

On Friday, Feb. 7, the Detroit Animal Control (DAC) officers were called to a home in the 15200 block of Manning Street for reports that a dog had been stabbed. Upon arrival, they had to force entry and then discovered the dog in the basement with multiple stab wounds to its torso.

DAC officers took two more dogs and four cats from Love’s home.

Authorities located her in Greenville on Thursday, March 20. Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office detectives extradited her to Michigan on Wednesday, April 9.

She was arraigned on Thursday, April 10, and given a $50,000 cash/surety bond with a GPS tether. A bond re-determination hearing is scheduled for April 14 at 9 a.m.

The probable cause conference is scheduled for April 21, and the preliminary examination is scheduled for April 28.

“The WCPO has always taken the abuse of animals very seriously. We have impacted legislation and have been proactive with the applicable laws – seeking and fighting to change them in many instances,” Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said.

“Although we never really anticipated the alleged brutally and cruelty that this case represents, as a result of our earlier efforts, this case is a clear representation of why better laws were needed,” she said.

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A representative for Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Thursday.