It occurred at round 4:50 p.m. Saturday on Richmond Hill Avenue.
Tashara Wilson, 48, and her Chihuahua mini-pinscher Bungee are grateful to be collectively once more after the harrowing expertise.
Police say Wilson shortly ran right into a soup kitchen however left her automotive operating with Bungee inside. Moments later the SUV and her canine have been gone.
Wilson known as police and officers noticed her automobile on the opposite facet of the town. A Stamford visitors digicam captured what occurred subsequent: a foot pursuit of the suspect holding the canine.
One officer was tangled within the canine’s leash whereas one of many suspects was holding it and hit his head on the pavement.
The canine fell however was unhurt whereas the suspect took off and ditched a black steel pellet gun.
“It’s by no means a very good state of affairs when you find yourself going round stealing automobiles which might be occupied with different individuals’s dogs, operating from the police with pretend weapons on you,” mentioned Stamford Police Dept. Capt. Chris Baker.
Police finally caught and arrested 20-year-old Isiah Armstead of Stamford. He was charged with second-degree larceny, conspiracy, working a motorcar and not using a license, interfering with police, possession of a facsimile firearm, and cruelty to animals. He’s being held on a $25,000 bond with a court docket date of December 8.
His passenger was recognized as 18-year-old Paris Wade of Stamford. She is charged with second-degree larceny, conspiracy, and interfering with police. She was held on a $2,500 bond and in addition has a court docket date of December 8.
Wade was additionally arrested on an excellent warrant for second-degree assault.
Back at Wilson’s residence on Monday, there was loads of heartfelt gratitude for the officers who made the glad reunion attainable.
“I do not even know the best way to thank them, I wish to give them the world,” Wilson mentioned. “They do not understand how a lot they saved each of us.”
Wilson echoed what police say over and over: it takes simply seconds for somebody to tug away in your operating, unlocked automotive. So shut the automobile off, take the important thing fob and lock the automotive.
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