Recently in Pet theft Category

Here's a story out of Texas about a family who lost not only all their Christmas gifts, but also their dog, Candy, a 2-year-old teacup Yorkshire terrier who was taken by a burglar.

Most of the stolen gifts belonged to 13-year-old Cameron Rusaw. But Cameron, who was too upset to go to school Monday, said he misses his dog more than anything.

"I'm not worried about any gifts," he said. "I just want my dog back." 

The last two dogs of the four show dogs stolen earlier this week have been recovered.

Tracy Manzer of the Press-Telegram, our sister paper, posted a story later this afternoon, reporting that the dogs got a little extra attention at the show because of all they'd been through.

The original Press-Telegram story from earlier in the week drew widespread attention, reaching readers as far away as Australia and Sweden. The story also was picked up on television newscasts, which no doubt led to the quick resolution.

 

*** (12/1/090: The puppy, we're told, has been found and returned to his owner.

 

 

From our colleague Larry Altman over at the Crimes and Courts blog:

An Inglewood woman is pleading for someone to help her find her dog, which she reported stolen Sunday from her car in a shopping center parking lot.

The dog was in her car parked outside the Superior market at Crenshaw Boulevard and Imperial Highway. Someone broke into it, she said.

Her dog is a Maltese named "Prince."

"My entire family is heartbroken over this," Sanford said in an e-mail sent to the media. "My daughter can't stop crying and she can't sleep at night. We love our dog and we won't stop until we get him back."

The dog is a white male (not neutered) Maltese, about 7 pounds.
 
Anyone with information is asked to call the Inglewood Police Department at 310-412-5210.

 

Be sure to also check out our earlier post today on a lost cat named Flashdance in the Torrance area.

Speaking of stolen dogs, there was an interesting story from last week in our sister paper the Whittier Daily News:

A man and a woman were arrested on Sept. 27 for allegedly keeping their neighbor's missing dog, authorities said. They were booked on suspicion of receiving stolen property, said Los angeles County sheriff's Detective Rebecca Basnett.

..... Muneca, a 5-month-old purebred Siberian husky valued at about $1,000, disappeared from her yard in the 1100 block of Corley Drive on Sept. 19, detectives said.

More than a week later, after the neighborhood had been flooded with fliers reporting the missing animal, a neighbor told the dog's owner they'd spotted the missing puppy at another neighbor's home ...

Alberto Hernandez, 27, and Anna Gallardo, 19, were arrested for receiving stolen property and held in lieu of $20,000 bail, detectives said. Gallardo told investigators she was holding the dog at the request of Hernandez.

 

 

Here's that surveillance video that seems to confirm that Bubba the puppy was the victim of a dognapping. 

There were cheers and applause tonight in a San Pedro neighborhood when Bubba, an 11-week-old bull mastiff who had been dognapped, arrived back home with his owners.

Bubba was returned to his owners tonight, dropped off at the Los Angeles Police Department's Harbor Division Station. 

"He's home," said a tearful Tracy Antonovich as she snuggled Bubba in front of her house, surrounded by television cameras and cheering friends, relatives and neighbors.

I'll bet Bubba gets a special dinner tonight -- and more than a little pampering. 

Check out some of Daily Breeze photographer Scott Varley's photos capturing the 8:30 p.m. homecoming. We've posted 2 of them below.   

 

MISSING PUPPY 

BROWN BULL MASTIF NAMED BUBBA 

LAST SEEN IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE 

1123 S. PATTON SAN PEDRO, CA 90731 

ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCT. 3RD 

WEIGHS 20-25 LBS AND HAS A RED COLLAR WITH TAGS 

NEEDS MEDICATION 

REWARD BEING OFFERED 

NO QUESTIONS ASKED, 

PLEASE CALL WITH ANY INFORMATION(310) 308-5666 OR (310) 892-2223