Posted on 01/16/2022 8:41:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
Authorities in the East Bay are investigating the armed robbery of two women in Castro Valley Saturday where suspects stole a purse, housekeys and a pet French Bulldog and later took one of the victims’ car from her home.
According to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday afternoon at about 5:30 p.m., a woman and her adult daughter were walking their French Bulldog named Tito in Castro Valley when they were suddenly attacked.
A black SUV, a 2019 Kia Niro, pulled over in front of the two women as they were walking westbound on Norbridge Road.
The daughter said approximately 4-5 people exited the vehicle and approached her; three of the suspects were armed with handguns. One suspect snatched her purse, which contained her wallet along with her house and car keys.
Authorities said another suspect snatched the dog from the daughter before all suspects fled in the SUV, travelling westbound on Norbridge Road.
About 9:45 p.m., the sheriff’s office said the suspects arrived at the victims’ Castro Valley residence in the SUV and stole her 2019 Mercedes C63 from her driveway.
Authorities said the Kia is a vehicle that has been reported as stolen by the Oakland Police Department, and has also been involved in several armed robberies.
Sheriff’s deputies canvassed the area and retrieved video footage from locations nearby and are continuing their investigation into the robbery. ACSO detectives are currently working to identify the suspects and safely recover the dog.
This incident is only the most recent in a series of recent thefts involving French Bulldogs.
Oakland resident Rita Warda was walking her French Bulldog Dezzie near Park View Terrace and Montecito Ave. in Oakland just before 8 p.m. on Thursday when she was targeted by armed thieves.
Oakland Police confirmed it was investigating the armed robbery of a pet in the area and that the gunman left the area in a vehicle.
“I heard about it and I was on edge and it was a fear of mine,” Warda said about the recent crimes involving French bulldogs. “I never understood until I have [a dog] but the thieves think it’s like stealing a purse, it’s not like that at all.”
These incidents come two weeks after a French bulldog was violently snatched from her owner in San Francisco’s Marina District on New Year’s Day. The dog was recovered two days later in Sacramento when a person who purchased the dog called police after seeing reports on television.
No arrests have been made in that case, although the suspect vehicle was found in San Pablo driven by a man who was determined not to be the robbery suspect.
Cops woulda shot de dog... :(
Poor dog will probably be a bait dog in a dogfighting ring.
Ransom?
Frenchies are going for outrageous sums of money.
That might be true of some larger dogs, but these pricey lapdogs are resold for thousands of dollars . . . or given to a favorite baby-mama.
I’m aware that, when training dogs, they start with small ones in burlap sacks that hand in the middle of the room and the dog is trained to attack the bag.
I hate lowlife criminals.
Dogfighting with French Bulldogs? I am going to say no. More likely, they are selling an in demand breed.
Description? :
3, 4 or 5 people ...
I’m talking about putting them in a burlap sack and having fighting dogs attack the sack as part of their training.
some would say the French Bulldog is ‘so ugly that it’s cute”
I say it’s ‘just ugly’.
The downside is this dog is bred to produce that mushed down face. That probably results in some expensive breathing problems as Fido ages.
The English Bulldog is nodding in agreement.
“It comes to this?”
My thought, exactly. The world has truly gone insane. Civilization is crumbling all around us in so many ways.
We would be devastated if somebody stole our doggie. Our cats, though...hmmmmm.
“That probably results in some expensive breathing problems as Fido ages.”
Right you are. A friend has a French Bulldog. It needed throat surgery. For weeks after that it sounded like a dreadful wheeze bag. I think the vet said there probably wasn’t going to be much improvement, either.
“3, 4 or 5 people...”
Narrows it right down, doesn’t it?
I would not think so. That breed is worth far more than bait in a bag. For the latter, shelters have tons of dogs.
Shelters want to much money for so called bait dogs.
Shelters have become a money making business.
Even though most call themselves non-profit.
No description of the perps = the usual suspects (esp. given the location in the East Bay)
I always thought they were free. Back in the day, I guess.
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