A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to probation for
making an attempt to promote a stolen canine again to its proprietor in Towamencin Township.
As a part of a plea settlement with prosecutors, 21-year-old Erie
Beh pleaded responsible earlier this month to 1 misdemeanor depend of theft by
illegal taking, which was decreased from an preliminary felony cost of theft by
deception. An extra felony cost of receiving stolen property was dismissed
in alternate for Beh’s plea, courtroom information present.
Following the responsible plea, Montgomery County Common Pleas
Judge Thomas Branca sentenced Beh to 1 12 months of probation.
The prices stemmed from a June 2022 incident involving the
theft of a white poodle.
During the night of June 1, 2022 a white poodle carrying a
pink shirt and pink collar was reported lacking from a home alongside the 100 block
of Mainland Square Drive. The following day, the proprietor’s son-in-law contacted
police stating that he was approached by a person whereas hanging lacking canine
posters, who acknowledged he had seen a white Suzuki sedan with tinted home windows pull
up subsequent to the canine, at which level a girl jumped out of the passenger aspect,
grabbed the canine, and fled the scene.
The tipster acknowledged the car was being pushed by somebody
else, nonetheless he was unable to see the motive force. The car was captured on a
neighbor’s surveillance system, based on charging paperwork.
Two days later, the son-in-law obtained a textual content message from
an unknown male — later recognized as Beh — who stated he had seen posts about
the lacking canine on Facebook and had bought the same canine for $3,000 from a
lady in a Walmart car parking zone in Northeast Philadelphia, police stated. Beh despatched
the son-in-law an image of the canine he allegedly bought, which was nonetheless
carrying the identical pink shirt as when it was stolen, based on the prison
criticism.
Beh then requested if he can be compensated for returning the
canine “since he’s out the $3,000 he paid for her,” the report states.
Police stated the son-in-law and Beh agreed to fulfill on the
Royal Farms to reunite the canine with its household, nonetheless when Beh arrived on the
location, police confronted him and secured the canine. Beh allegedly instructed police
he “figured it was stolen,” and over the course of the dialog,
investigators discovered he was staying with a girl alongside the 200 block of South
Broad Street, the place they discovered a white Suzuki sedan registered to Beh parked in
the driveway.
Regarding the lady who was seen allegedly grabbing the canine,
Towamencin Township Police Chief Tim Troxel stated investigators had been unable to
affirm the id of the lady, and Beh wouldn’t cooperate with
investigators making an attempt to establish the id of the lady.
Troxel added since Beh was alone when he was allegedly discovered
to be in possession of the canine, there was no possible trigger to cost his
girlfriend, and when contacted by police, she declined to be interviewed as
a part of the investigation.
“Attempts had been made to interview Beh’s girlfriend, however she
was uncooperative and didn’t conform to be interviewed; and we couldn’t compel
her to take action,” Troxel stated. “Mr. Beh additionally refused to establish the feminine
who was seen taking the canine.”
Beh was initially charged with felony counts of theft by
deception, receiving stolen property, and theft by illegal taking. However,
the unique theft by illegal taking cost was dismissed throughout Beh’s
preliminary listening to, as Magisterial District Judge Ed Levine dominated there wasn’t
sufficient proof to indicate Beh was straight accountable or concerned within the theft
of the canine. Judge Levine added that he held over the theft by deception and
receiving stolen property prices as he believes proof confirmed that Beh was
in possession of the canine, and as soon as in possession of the canine, Beh allegedly
tried to deceive the proprietor into paying for the canine’s return through a narrative
about buying the canine in Philadelphia.
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