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8 BROOKLYN WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 Thief dognaps Swordsman slashed friendly pooch guy turned around and left, then I put my hand on my cheek and realized, oh in Bushwick yeah, I am bleeding.” Detectives with the 94th Precinct are investigating the attack, and have not made any arrests, according to a spokeswoman for the Police Department. Lequidre — who suspects the knife-wielding lune may be a former homeless shelter resident, or patient at a hospital near Union Square — described his attacker as around 40 years old, six foot three inches tall, and approximately 190 pounds, while sporting a beard and oversized clothes. The warrior from Williamsburg studied jiu jitsu and wrestling before making his own suit of armor and traveling to Poland for his fi rst Battle of Nations in 2012, an annual armored slugfest where he represented Team USA Lequidre suffered a seveninch gash during the assault Zorikh Lequidre battling other combatants with weapons including swords, maces, battle axes, halbreds, polearms and warhammers. But the fi ghter claims his most powerful weapons have always been his sharp tongue and cool wits, and says he was happy to put them to use for a good cause. “Part of the point of being a knight is to defend people. and that’s what I was trying to do,” said Lequidre. BY COLIN MIXSON Some lowlife stole a dog from outside a Bushwick McDonald’s on Thursday. Owner Harrys Leroy tied up his two dogs outside the fast-food joint on Broadway near Gates Avenue at around 10 pm on Nov. 7, only to return a few minutes later to find one of the pooches, an American bully named Havoc, had been snatched, according to girlfriend Nicole Polsinelli. The remaining mutt, a pitbull mix named Rogue, remained outside the Mc- Donald’s, but she’d also been untied and the owners suspect it was the canine’s guard-dog sensibilities that saved her from being dognapped along with her brother, according to Polsinelli. “I’m assuming Rogue probably snapped at him,” she said. “She’s protective. Polsinelli claims a manager at the eatery offered to provide police a copy of their surveillance feed, but said she’s already frustrated with detectives at the 81st Precinct, who told her they may have to wait days for a subpoena to nab the footage. “I told them my dogs missing, this is a life not a toy, and they’re not doing anything,” Polsinelli American bully Havoc was nabbed off the streets of Bushwick. Photo Courtesy of Nicole Polsinelli said. A spokeswoman for the Police Department confirmed that the dognapping is currently being investigated as a petty larceny, but wouldn’t say whether detectives had attempted to procure the surveillance footage. Meanwhile, the couple have canvased the area posting fl iers and turning to social media looking for their hapless hound, who Polsinelli described as short and stocky, and weighing 85 pounds. He’s mostly black with a white chest and snout, and very good boy. “Havoc is super friendly,” said Polsinelli. “Please help us.” Continued from page 1 ��