Posted on 06/01/2007 8:30:19 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
(06-01) 17:42 PDT VACAVILLE -- There are thieves and then there are thieves who steal puppies from children.
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a man who shoved a 10-year-old Vacaville boy to the ground, snatched his favorite puppy and jumped into a getaway car as the distraught boy screamed for his pet.
"I think it is horrible," said Vacaville police Sgt. Denise Quatman, who on Friday made a plea to the public to help investigators find the pet-napper and return the little dog to its owner. "It's not something that we've encountered before."
The incident happened Wednesday as the boy was playing with a litter of 5-week-old American bulldog puppies inside a wire kennel in the front yard of his family's residence on Alamo Drive.
Quatman said the boy's parents were picking up one of his siblings from school at about 3 p.m. when a man walked up and asked the boy if he could buy one of the pups. The boy, who was holding one puppy in his arms at the time, told the man that the puppies were not for sale because they were still too young and had not been weaned.
The suspect suddenly grabbed the puppy from the boy's arm, pushed the 10-year-old to the ground and started running.
"The boy followed after him, screaming for him to give him his puppy back," Quatman said.
The suspect jumped into a light green, newer model four-door sedan driven by someone else. They were last seen traveling on Alamo Drive toward Interstate 80, Quatman said. She described the suspect as an 18- to 20-year-old man, about 6 feet tall and with a medium build...
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ping
Yet another bad answer to “What are you in here for?”
Did he steal his ice cream too?
In my old script writing class we had a saying for developing bad guys...Does he pet the puppy, or does he kick the puppy?
LOL!
I don’t know how Michael Jackson took to rejection. But given that this guy is from the Bay Area, I am guessing not too well.
Bulldog? I hope the puppy bites off the jerk’s
“She described the suspect as an 18- to 20-year-old man, about 6 feet tall and with a medium build.”
probably a white guy
What an a$!hole.
Call the Viking kitties too. Shoot this villain down.
These parents are lucky their SON wasn’t injured or taken.
What a sad thing for the child.
This is a little off the subject but while surfing the web I found this. It’s an organization that fosters cats for our servicemen while they are overseas. I don’t know anything about them but what I read in the description, but perhaps some pet lover patriots here might be interested...
http://operationnoblefoster.org/
* Our organization is proud to be an “America Supports You” Team Member *
* Our effort was mentioned by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in his press conference on April 21, 2003 *
“Many thousands of requests for the fostering of pets have come in from members of our armed forces, National Guard and Reservists, that are being called to active duty as a result of the War on Terror, including the deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Our foster volunteers are proud to have provided so many caring cat foster homes and for making it possible for there to be many very happy reunions, and many have continued to foster for other military pets.”
“While many animal shelters and rescues reported some increased numbers due to the call up, the increase has been far less than expected, especially when compared to the animal disaster that occurred with Desert Storm. The need still continues to be great, and this need will continue to some degree as long as we have an active military.”
Vacaville.
I doubt a puppy thief has much of a chance in general population.
A sad incident for the child, but, justice will be served.
This may be where you were heading with that but if they didn’t list a race he wasn’t white.
If I were writing a book with a character who is a very evil villain, I would be afraid to illustrate how evil he was by having him steal a 10 year old boy’s puppy. Too over the top and nobody would believe it.
With any luck, that dog will grow into adulthood and in a moment of poetic justice, bite his knuts off.
The police will mobilize to re-unite this boy and his puppy, but would probably “be too understaffed” to call I.C.E. if the dog-napper were an I.A.
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a man who shoved a 10-year-old Vacaville boy to the ground, snatched his favorite puppy and jumped into a getaway car as the distraught boy screamed for his pet.”
I think it’s a stretch to call the guy a “man”.
As unlikely as it is, that was my first thought also. This was not a man. This was inhuman slime.
Subhuman.
How do they know it was a man? It might have been Hillary —”I’ll get you and your little dog!!!”
HARLEY SEZ..."BUST A CAP IN HIS ASS"!! Pfffffffffffffttttt (Yorkie-fart) on the bad-guy...
Okay, I’ll say it. Nine times out of ten when the suspect’s race isn’t mentioned, he’s black. The tenth time, he’s Hispanic, which could be the case here because the liberal media could be trying to protect Hispanics, given the current politics.
Will Michael Vick please call your laywer.....
Better this than kidnapping or harming the child. The parents need to be thankful that this is all that happened.
Definitely ~ when push comes to shove, at least the boy is safe.
Ditto Bump
If only.
Let's say they catch this guy. Then what? What'll he get? Three months probation for theft?
Some people value dogs over children.
That's what I'm thinking too. Flowing blond locks, aquiline nose, ice blue eyes. Very Nordic in appearance.
That's what I inferred, anyways.
I hope they find the baseborn.
Sick twisted jerk, stealing a baby from a baby.
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