A Washington, D.C., couple’s canine was once stolen from their puppy sitter’s automotive at gunpoint after she pulled off the street in Maryland to take a look at her GPS whilst looking for a spot to consume.
Duke, a 3-year-old massive schnauzer, was once stolen at about 9:10 p.m. Friday, the Prince George’s County Police Division wrote on Fb. The canine is roughly 80 kilos with black fur and pointy ears.
The initial investigation printed the sufferer was once pulled over within the 10100 block of Livingston Highway in Citadel Washington, Maryland, when two suspects approached her automotive, pulled out a gun and grabbed the canine from the again seat.
The sufferer advised police that no less than one of the crucial suspects was once armed with a handgun.
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Duke, a three-year-old Large Schnauzer, was once stolen at about 9:10 p.m. Friday in Citadel Washington, Maryland. (Prince George’s County Police Division)
Police are urging the general public to be looking for the canine whilst officials seek for the suspect(s). Prince George’s County Crime Solvers is providing a money praise of as much as $2,500 for the end that ends up in the arrest and indictment of the ones accountable.
Duke’s homeowners stated they had been returning house from a shuttle and had been texting with the sitter within the hours prior to they had been to select him up when their messages went unanswered.
“We knew one thing was once unsuitable, she’s at all times so accountable,” one of the crucial homeowners advised FOX 5 DC. “It was once in reality in contrast to the sitter not to listen from her for a few hours, so we’re simply beside ourselves ready.”
The sitter known as at about 1 a.m. to alert the couple that Duke have been stolen. She advised them she was once preventing for meals on learn how to meet them to drop off their canine, however the eating place she was once making plans to visit ended up being closed, so she pulled over on Livingston Highway to test her GPS.
She stated two suspects then approached her automotive and started banging on it prior to attaining in and stealing Duke from the again seat.
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The canine is roughly 80 kilos and has black fur and pointy ears. (Prince George’s County Police Division)
“She has a German shepherd, her personal German shepherd, within the entrance seat and that canine will get very defensive,” Duke’s different proprietor advised FOX 5. “Very competitive, so they are no longer ready to get within the entrance seat. They get the again doorways open, the place Duke was once sitting, seize him and that’s the final they had been ready to look him.”
The homeowners are desperately in search of the secure go back in their lacking canine.
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Prince George’s County police stated those that want to stay nameless can name Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-8477 (TIPS) with any data on Duke’s whereabouts or the robbery.
