BY KEVIN DUGGAN
A pair of thieves allegedly
stole a puppy from a Flatbush
Avenue pet store in Marine
Park on June 15, and the store
owner is worried that the tiny
dog’s life is in serious danger
without its regimen of life-saving
medicine.
“The dog needs to have regular
care,” said David Dietz,
the owner of Puppy Paradise,
near Troy Avenue. “If they
don’t do that the dog will only
last 48 hours or die.”
A man and his girlfriend
came into the pet haven just
after 5 pm on Monday to look
at the dogs, and while the
woman was distracting the
salesperson, her beau took the
one-month-old, one-pound, female
Yorkie named Covina
and ran out the door toward
Avenue P, according to Dietz.
A spokeswoman for the police
department confi rmed the
account and added that the
cops are investigating the incident.
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Covina needs regular sugars,
dietary supplements, and
vitamins daily to help with
her early development, along
with a constant supply of water,
according to Dietz, who
said he and his staff are worried
for the pup’s life.
“We’re extremely concerned
at this point,” he said.
Dietz claims that the man’s
girlfriend pressured him to
steal it, with surveillance
video showing her pushing
him to take it.
“It wasn’t the man that
wanted to steal the dog, it was
the girlfriend that is coaxing
him,” he said.
The owner added he is willing
A man and a woman allegedly stole a one-month-ld Yorkie puppy from a Marine Park pet store. Puppy Palace
to drop charges if the bandits
return the puppy soon.
“I’m not interested in getting
this person convicted. We
just want to get the dog back,”
he said. “I’m willing to drop
any charges.”
Anyone with information
can email Dietz directly at david2582342@
gmail.com.
Otherwise, anyone with
information in regard to
this incident is asked to call
the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)
or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA
(74782). The public can also submit
their tips by logging onto
the CrimeStoppers website at
www.nypdcrimestoppers.com,
on Twitter @NYPDTips.
Dog-gone shame!
Couple allegedly stole onemonth
old Yorkie from
Marine Park pet store
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