{"id":1512410,"date":"2026-06-04T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=9db51bcef9c5633ccb84fd594b3299d1"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:56:06","slug":"teenage-girl-accused-of-stabbing-3-horses-due-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1512410","title":{"rendered":"Teenage girl accused of stabbing 3 horses due in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/5b70f067dfa2422f45b34bbffb00d2a1.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>A horse, named Detail, who was unable to compete due to a stabbing injury. (Obtained by ABC News)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(LAS VEGAS) -- The teenage girl accused of stabbing three horses is due in court for a hearing on Thursday as prosecutors hope to move her case to adult court.<\/p><p>The girl -- who was in Las Vegas for the National Barrel Horse Association's Professional's Choice Vegas Super Show -- is accused of attacking three horses in a barn early Saturday, according to Las Vegas police and the NBHA.<\/p><p>She allegedly had access to the barn and authorities believe she may have used a knife to wound the horses, authorities said.<\/p><p>The horses' injuries were non-life-threatening but the wounds did keep the animals from competing in the event, which took place over the weekend, according to police.<\/p><p>The teenager was arrested for 12 counts of willful\/malicious kill\/maim\/torture animal -- horse and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property over $5,000, authorities said.<\/p><p>The Clark County District Attorney's office said Tuesday that it wants the teen charged in adult court.<\/p><p>\"These allegations involve deliberate acts of extreme cruelty against defenseless animals and have had a significant impact on the victims, the owners, and the broader equestrian community,\" DA Steve Wolfson said in a statement.<\/p><p>A separate hearing will be scheduled for a judge to determine if the case should be moved to adult court, the DA's office said.<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A horse, named Detail, who was unable to compete due to a stabbing injury. (Obtained by ABC News)(LAS VEGAS) &#8212; The teenage girl accused of stabbing three horses is due in court for a hearing on Thursday as prosecutors hope to move her case to adult co&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":1512419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/5b70f067dfa2422f45b34bbffb00d2a1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1502,1447],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1512410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-heads","category-abc-national-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 11:09:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/5b70f067dfa2422f45b34bbffb00d2a1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1512410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512420,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512410\/revisions\/1512420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1512419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1512410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1512410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1512410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}