According to authorities, the disturbing incident happened around 1:30 pm local, when three men entered the store separately, determined to steal the two puppies valued at $4,299 each.
HighlightsThieves staged a fake seizure to steal bulldog puppies from a Colorado pet store.A store employee intervened, but the thieves managed to escape with the puppies.The man who faked the seizure was arrested; two accomplices remain at large.A good Samaritan returned one of the stolen puppies after buying it from a street vendor.
Security footage captured the moment in which one of the men suddenly collapsed on the floor and started having a false seizure. His fall immediately scared all the kids and puppies in the store, with the animals barking in unison as store workers rushed to lend aid.
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A group of thieves feigned having a seizure in order to violently steal two bulldog puppies from a pet store in Colorado
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“It was obviously adecoyto distract employees and people towards that guy on the floor,” Bianca Rose Larsen, the store manager, told ABC.
The brave worker was able to grab the criminal, whofled the scenewith the animals and lost his balance momentarily, causing thepuppiesto hit the floor. Despite her best efforts, the man was able to grab both pets again and run away.
“He threw them around like pieces of meat and just grabbed them and scrambled out of here,” Larsen recounted, describing the incident as “brutal” and “disturbing.”
Police managed to arrest the man accused of faking theseizure, identifying him as 37-year-old Timothy Davis. The man was booked on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony, theft, and drug possession.
The other two suspects, however, remain at large.
A Good Samaritan returned one of the pets the following day. However, the second puppy remains missing
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The store workers returned to their homes defeated that night, but on Monday morning, good news arrived in the shape of an unidentified Good Samaritan, who had bought one of the puppies from a street vendor in Denver and decided to return it to the store upon hearing of the robbery.
According to the store, the unnamed girl paid $1,500 for theanimal. Perfect Pets was offering a $4,000 reward for the safe return of bothpets, but it’s unclear if the Good Samaritan received any compensation.
“She immediately called the store when she recognized her puppy matched the photos in the story,” an official reported.
“It should be a warm, happy, loving environment with all these puppies. Instead, you’re just working and in fear that someone is going to steal one,” she said.
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