Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Two people arrested in theft of pricy puppy

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Two people are in custody, accused of stealing a dog from a northwest Houston pet store worth thousands of dollars.

Police are withholding the names of the two people arrested until they've been charged. Police say the two were behind the theft of an English bulldog valued at $3,000. The dog was stolen from Pet City Houston on Bammel Westfield.

A tip led authorities to the suspects at an apartment complex in the 1300 block of Greens Crossing.

Pet City Houston Manager Samatha Stack says the theft was captured on store surveillance video, which showed a woman bringing two small children along for the theft.

"They are doing wrong to the dog and they are doing wrong to the kids," Stack said. "That's just, it's horrible parenting."

Store workers say the woman brought her two daughters along with two males. Surveillance footage clearly shows one of the suspects holding the expensive puppy while the little girls pet the dog.

"I turned to the guy. I asked him, 'well how can I help you? Is there a puppy you'd like to see today?'" Stack said. "He pointed to the dog and said I'm just waiting to see if they take that one."

The video then shows the mother leave the two male suspects behind, walk out of the store, load her kids into the getaway car and back it close to the door.

Within minutes, the suspects take off with the bulldog puppy as the manager runs after them.

"I ran back inside and was yelling, 'call the cops! Call the cops!'" Stack said.

Now this puppy is without his sister, who is still at the pet store, and the store is out thousands of dollars.

"Our main concern isn't the fact that we've lost money," Stack said. "It's the fact that these dogs, of all dogs to takes these are the ones that need the most care."

The dog appeared to be unharmed and was returned to store owners. Reporter Sonia Azad, who's covering this story today for Eyewitness News, says the two people arrested admitted their involvement in the thefts.

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