Clovis woman arrested on animal cruelty charges

CLOVIS — A Clovis woman was arrested Thursday on charges of extreme cruelty to an animal, according to court records.

Talexy McElroy, 22, was released from the Curry County Adult Detention Center Friday on a $2,000 bond, and is due in Curry County Magistrate Court Thursday for a preliminary examination. She also faces misdemeanor charges of battery upon a peace officer and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.

According to a criminal complaint filed Friday in the magistrate court:

A veterinarian contacted police Thursday evening after a dog McElroy brought in had a chain embedded in its neck. The veterinarian said when she advised McElroy treatment would require sedating the dog and removing the chain with bolt cutters, she loaded the dog in her vehicle and left.

Officers went to MeElroy’s residence and came to the gate when animal control officers arrived, but McElroy obstructed their path into the gated residence. The criminal complaint refers to McElroy and an officer shoving each other, and McElroy resisting being handcuffed. McElroy complained of injuries after she was detained, and taken to Plains Regional Medical Center before she was later booked at the CCADC.

No attorney is listed for McElroy in court records.