A teenage boy was apprehended Wednesday after he presumably took a car in Brookline and removed with the owner’s dog still within, later on deserting the puppy in Cambridge.
The legend started on Saturday afternoon, when Deborah Dowd parked her push-to-start BMW at a T.J. Maxx in Brookline and went into the store, leaving her dog Millie — and the secret — inside the car, according to Cambridge authorities.
When she left the store around 4:15 p.m., the car was gone.
A vehicle matching the taken car’s description was identified near Amherst and Wadsworth streets in Cambridge about 15 minutes later on, authorities said. A group of college students flagged down MIT law enforcement officers to state they had actually seen a driver stop at the crossway and press a dog out of the car.
The trainees rescued the dog from the street and were almost hurt when the driver reversed and repelled, Cambridge authorities said.
“They took the dog and they brought her into their dorm, and they kept her until they could reach me,” Dowd informed WCVB. “We went and had this really beautiful reunion. Millie was shaken but, you know, well-cared for and loved.”
Cambridge law enforcement officer situated Dowd’s taken car on Winter Street simply after 5:30 p.m., where it had actually been left parked and empty. Dowd’s possessions that were inside the car were gone, according to WCVB, consisting of a box of letters that came from her late mom.
However, a female identified package near some garbage in Somerville and chose it up, later on finding Dowd’s sibling in London in order to return the letters, the news outlet reported.
A description of the suspect matched that of a Cambridge teen who was jailed recently for a February carjacking in Medford, authorities said.
Cambridge authorities took the unknown teenager into custody Wednesday early morning for warrants out of Norfolk and Middlesex juvenile courts. He deals with charges that consist of larceny of an automobile and larceny over $1,200.
Police said they anticipate added fees out of Cambridge to follow.
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