‘If you may steal an animal you may steal something’: Dog proprietor says extra must be completed about crime
by Tom Roussey
Police say three armed suspects stole a pit bull puppy named Lola round 7:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve evening, knocking a person down and damaging one other residence door within the course of. (WJLA)
WASHINGTON (7News) —
Lola’s proprietor tells 7News the canine is barely 4 months old, and provides that the suspects tried to steal one among her different dogs Sunday evening additionally, one other four-month-old puppy named Dior. The proprietor says the suspects hit Dior within the head, however she then bit one among them and bought away.
The proprietor tells us the dogs have been staying along with her buddy at his residence in c on Atlantic Street Southeast when the assault occurred. Per a police report, the suspects banged on the door and when the person opened, he was knocked on his again and hit with a stick, then Lola was stolen. Then the report says the suspects went upstairs to a different residence and tried to get in, one suspect hitting the door with a gun whereas one other coated up a close-by safety digicam.
Lola’s proprietor, who requested 7News to not determine her with the suspects nonetheless at massive, says extra must be completed about rising crime within the metropolis.
“They need to do way more, yes, way more. If you can steal an animal, you can steal anything,” she mentioned.
After the canine was stolen by three armed suspects Sunday evening, police say on New Year’s Day two armed males robbed objects together with a $900 Canada Goose jacket from a person walking within the 400 block of T Street Northwest.
It occurred a bit after 4:15 p.m. Monday. A police report says the person who was robbed mentioned one of many suspects fired at another person throughout the road, hitting the window of a residence.
Via electronic mail, 7News requested police, the mayor, and DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson:
What are you doing to make sure, and instantly enhance, the security of residents and guests simply going about their each day lives?
Mendelson’s workplace says he’s proposed an act that might begin a bunch violence intervention initiative that might focus closely on folks committing gun violence. In a letter, Mendelson wrote that related initiatives in different cities have been profitable in decreasing homicides. Mendelson’s proposed invoice would additionally let the mayor order adjustments to blighted properties that police imagine are being utilized by criminals, and would allow the hiring of civilians to assist examine chilly circumstances and property crimes so long as there’s not more likely to be contact with suspects.
As of early Monday night, we had not heard again from police and the mayor’s workplace.
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