LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman accused of euthanizing her dog by putting it into a plastic storage bag has taken a plea deal.

Online court records say 58-year-old Virginia Gilmore pleaded no contest Monday after prosecutors lowered a felony charge of animal neglect to a misdemeanor. She’s scheduled to be sentenced July 14.

Prosecutors say Gilmore had tied a guitar string around the dog’s stomach in an effort to remove a cyst that was dragging on the ground and then tried to cut if off. Prosecutors say Gilmore ultimately put the Pomeranian, Minnie, into the plastic storage bag.

Gilmore told an animal control officer she couldn’t afford to take her 20-year-old dog to a vet.