After loading the dogs right into a automobile, a girl stepped away from it, Watson stated. “Someone jumped in” and drove off with the automobile and the eight American bulldog puppies, Watson stated. As of late Saturday afternoon, the automobile had not turned up, she stated.
On the opposite aspect of the ledger, police introduced final week that two dogs taken in earlier incidents had each been recovered.
One was named Lola. The 7-month-old pit bull was taken in a housebreaking on Atlantic Street SE on New Year’s Eve, in keeping with police accounts.
Two folks knocked on the proprietor’s door round 7:25 p.m., compelled their approach inside, assaulted the proprietor and made off with Lola, police stated.
On Tuesday, “a concerned citizen” introduced Lola to a police station, a police assertion stated. The proprietor was reunited with Lola, however no arrest has been reported, and police stated they’re nonetheless investigating.
Recovered earlier was a French bulldog named Mocha, who had been taken in a theft, in keeping with a police account.
On Dec. 22, Mocha’s proprietor introduced the canine to the 3300 block of 14th Place SE, after arranging to promote the animal for $3,500, in keeping with a police assertion and a doc filed in D.C. Superior Court.
But when she arrived, police stated, two robbers approached, and one took Mocha. When the proprietor tried to get the canine again, one of many robbers confirmed a gun and threatened to shoot, police stated.
In a press release issued Saturday, police stated Mocha was recovered on Dec. 29.
On Friday, an arrest was made on a cost of armed theft, police stated, and the case continues to be being investigated.
