Thieves nab pricey bulldogs from a Colorado pet store after faking a
seizure, sheriff says
[February 27, 2025]
DENVER (AP) — Thieves nabbed a pair of high-priced bulldogs from
a Colorado pet store after a man allegedly faked a seizure to distract
employees while an accomplice grabbed the puppies from a pen and ran
out, authorities said.
The theft, which was captured on surveillance video, happened Sunday. |
In this photo released by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, a
Perfect Pets worker holds one of two bulldog puppies stolen from the
store, after the dogs were returned by a person who bought the dogs from
a street vendor, in Centennial, Colorado, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
(Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office via AP) |
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Three men walked into a pet store in suburban Denver a few
minutes apart, walked around and asked questions about the
puppies, which sell for $4,299 each, the Arapahoe County
Sheriff's Office said. While a 37-year-old man appeared to be
having a seizure, one of the other men lifted the lid off the
pen where the puppies were kept, took two and began running out
of the store. An employee tried to tackle him and the man
dropped the puppies but managed to grab them again and run out
with a second man, the sheriff's office said.
They got into a gold Cadillac Escalade with tinted windows and
no license plates that pulled up outside the store, the
sheriff's office said.
The man who allegedly faked a seizure was arrested on suspicion
of conspiracy to commit a felony, theft, and drug possession.
Investigators are looking for the other two men and the getaway
driver.
One of the puppies was later returned by a woman who bought it
for $1,500 from a street vendor and realized it looked like the
dogs in photos shown in news coverage of the theft, the
sheriff's office said.
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