Howard Portnoy, Pet News Examiner
March 9, 2012
In a story that sounds straight out of a spy novel, a stolen 7-week-old Yorkie puppy was reunited with his owner, according to the New York Post.
The dog, which requires special food and vitamins, was shoplifted from a Brooklyn pet store owned by David Dietz on February 16. The theft was orchestrated by two teenagers.
Even after police apprehended the suspects (who have been charged with grand larceny), the whereabouts of the pooch remained a mystery. Or at least that was the case until Wednesday, when Dietz’s partner, Merri Weinstein, took a phone call from an anonymous woman who claim she wanted to return the dog. The mystery caller said a second call would be placed to the store at noon of the following day.
In an audio recording of the conversation, the unidentified caller tells a nervous Dietz. “I don’t want any trouble. If you want the dog back, go to 87th and Farragut Road, there’s a note on the tree.” Shortly afterward, she hung up.
Dietz drove to the appointed location, and after a brief search found the clue. A note, fastened to a tree, read simply:
Sorry I don’t want any trouble. I am given [sic] dog back. Maybe for reward. Dog is at Flatbush Ave. triangle by new Walgreens store. Got this dog from boy. Don’t want any trouble so I put dog in box at food store.
Dietz drove next to the intersection described in the note. Noticing a man working outside a diner, he asked whether the man had seen anyone with a box.
Dietz was led inside the diner, where he found the panic-stricken puppy thrashing about in a cardboard box.
The pet store owner is elated to have his dog back and claims he is still willing to offer a reward to the person who returned the Yorkie.
Source: http://www.examiner.com/pet-news-in-national/stolen-dog-reunited-with-owner
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