Police are in hot pursuit of puppy thieves on the run who are suspected to have stolen a teen’s 8-week-old Pomeranian in Winter Haven, Florida. The Winter Haven Police Department — who’ve provided a physical description of the suspects and the car they were driving at the time — are asking for the public’s help in locating the thieves.
Suspected puppy thieves in Florida steal Pomeranian dog
Fox13 News reports that on Tuesday, Feb. 13 just before 2:30 p.m, a 15-year-old teen was walking with her Pomeranian puppy named Willow in a parking lot when a couple approached her in a vehicle.
The man and woman pulled up next to the young girl in a Ford Mustang Mach-E 4-Door, and began telling her how cute her puppy was. The lady requested if she could hold the puppy and kept pestering the teen. When she gave in to her request, hoping that it would make them stop bothering her, that’s when everything changed.
“She asks if she can see my dog and won’t stop following me through the parking lot,” the teen narrated. “So, I lift up my dog for her to see, not touch her, and she snatches my dog,” she added.
Unfortunately, the devastated teen watched as the lady handed her puppy to the male driver before they took off.
Authorities described the lady as Hispanic with acne scars on her face. She was in a flowered dress at the time. On the other hand, the man is described as an African American. The young girl told police that her Pomeranian puppy had a pink collar with a red bell attached to it.
A spokesperson with the Winter Haven Police Department is asking anyone with information on the couple to contact them.
“Do you have a neighbor who has the vehicle or a neighbor that looks like that? A neighbor who just acquired a brand-new puppy. Can you call us? Because those are the kind of clues and information we need to get this young girl her puppy back,” spokesperson Jamie Brown said in a statement.
