Two extra French bulldogs have been stolen within the District this previous week, persevering with a recent uptick in dognappings across the DMV.
D.C. Police officers are actually on the lookout for the suspects in two separate incidents, as they hunt for the dogs in hopes of reuniting them with their homeowners.
The first canine theft took place on Monday, when a burglar broke within the window of a home on Galveston Place Southwest. That burglar entered the home round 5:50 p.m. that night, took unspecified property and a canine, and left the realm.
The canine is a 2-year-old male French bulldog named Tyson. The canine additionally solutions to the title “Cheese,” based on a police report, and he’s grey with a white patch on the entrance of his chest.
On Friday afternoon, simply earlier than 3 p.m., a girl dwelling in Southeast D.C. listed her canine Mocha on the market on-line.
The robber contacted the girl on-line to purchase Mocha, however when the suspect and one other person arrived on the 3300 block of 14th Place SE, the robber grabbed the canine from the girl. When she tried to get her canine again, one of many two individuals pointed a handgun at her and threatened to shoot her.
The girl left, calling 911, police mentioned.
Mocha is a 1-year-old beige French bulldog with a recent C-section scar on her abdomen. According to the police press launch, she additionally has a microchip.
D.C. Police presently provides a reward of as much as $10,000 to anybody who gives data that results in the arrest and conviction of individuals accountable for a violent crime dedicated in D.C.
