By Sean Emery
2010-01-11 15:15:02
IRVINE – Police have arrested a Santa Ana pizza delivery man who they say stole a dog from an Irvine residence in an attempt to collect reward money for the canine's return.
Audra, her 3-year-old pug Bogart and Officer Tapia celebrate the canine's return after what police call an attempted dognapping.
Authorities reunited Bogart, a 3-year-old pug, with his Irvine owner. Jose Eduardo Fimbres Urbina, 25, was arrested on suspicion of grand theft Jan. 3.
The dog-napping victim first noticed that Bogart was missing shortly before 9 p.m. on Jan. 2, after she had a pizza delivered to her home from a nearby restaurant, Irvine police Lt. John Hare said.
The woman and her friends searched her apartment complex in the 2000 block of Whispering Trails and an adjacent shopping center, but were unable to find the missing pug.
The woman asked Urbina if he knew anything about the missing dog. He denied any knowledge of the dog's disappearance, Hare said, but asked if there was any reward money being offered for its return.
The woman told Urbina that there was a reward, but didn't name a specific amount, Hare said.
The woman reported the dog's disappearance to police the next day.
Officers contacted Urbina during the investigation, at which point he acknowledged taking the dog, and brought them to his Santa Ana home to recover the missing pug, Hare said.
Source: http://www.ocregister.com/news/dog-228589-hare-police.html
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