CRESTVIEW — A Baker woman charged with animal cruelty failed to show up in court Tuesday morning for her scheduled plea entry before circuit court Judge Jim Ward.
Crestview police arrested Alyssa Lyon Pack, 20, Nov. 15 and charged her with animal cruelty. She was arrested without incident and was transported to Okaloosa County Jail, police said. She was released on $500 bail.
Kimberley Blackman, supervisor of the circuit court criminal division, said a person typically would be charged with failure to appear under such circumstances. Ward issued a warrant for her arrest, but then rescinded it, she said.
Pack's court date was then rescheduled to Dec. 23.
In a video posted on Facebook, a woman alleged to be Pack confronts three geese in Crestview's Twin Hills Park, antagonizing them, kicking them and bragging about it afterward.
"I'll beat you so hard you won't even know it," the woman says in the video while jumping back and forth in front of the animals before, it appears, she kicks one of the geese in the head.
Update (3:07 p.m.): A spokesperson with Judge Ward's office says she can't divulge what information was received, but that information led Ward to rescind the bench warrant and reset Pack's court date. We can confirm that Ward has assigned her a public defender, his assistant said.
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