GA: Teens Steal Pit Bull Puppy Off Leash

Duffie Dixon, WXIA 12:16 a.m. EDT August 20, 2014
KENNESAW, Ga. -- Taryn Ford has just one thing to say to the teenagers who stole her 13-week-old puppy.

"Just bring her back. She's a family member to us," said Ford.

Ford and her boyfriend Jonas Speight bought the purebred baby pit bull off of Craigslist and named her Heather. The dog has quickly won them over and was a constant companion for Ford's 8-year-old daughter until Sunday.

The couple says two teenage girls knocked on the door of the room they're renting at the Sun Suites Extended Stay Hotel. They say the girls had a puppy of their own in their arms and offered to take Heather outside to play. Speight declined, but soon after took his own puppy out to the grassy area at the end of the property.

There he says he saw those same two teenage girls with two young men sitting on the curb. The puppy they had been carrying was no where in sight.

"They approached Heather and asked if they could pet her and asked a lot of questions like was she a pure bred and how old was she," remembered Speight.

Within 5 minutes Speight said one of the boys unhooked the puppy's collar, grabbed the dog and yelled "run".

"They all start running and I tried to chase them through the parking lot. They all jumped into a waiting car and took off," said Speight. "One boy unhooked the collar and as I bent down to put the collar back on he picked the dog up and said run and everyone ran and I was chasing them through the parking lot."

He says they jumped into a waiting car and sped off.

Needless to say, the family is heartbroken.

Cobb County Police are investigating the case. Speight says he managed to memorize the license plate number of the getaway car and thinks both his hotel and the one next door may have good surveillance pictures of the suspects.

"Looking back, it was so calculated. The fact that they first approached us at our room. I now wonder how long they'd been staking out our puppy," said Ford.

The couple is now keeping a close eye on Craigslist and other social media sites to see if someone tries to resell the puppy online. They've also set up a Facebook page in hopes someone will see Heather and bring her back home: http://www.facebook.com/helpfindheather



Teens steal pit bull puppy right off leash

 

I'm with you on women but I'd find another way to get even at a teenager if I decided to take action at all. 13 is too young for me to shoot, especially over a dog.

 

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