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Multiple suspects are on the run in Colorado following a bizarre heist in which a male allegedly faked a seizure to distract workers at a pet store while his accomplice swiped two bulldog puppies worth $4,299 each from a display case, police say.
The theft was captured on video at Perfect Pets in Centennial on Sunday afternoon. One of the two dogs was later returned to the store by a Good Samaritan after she “purchased the puppy for $1,500 from a street vendor in north Denver,” the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office announced early Tuesday.
“The suspect who allegedly faked the seizure was arrested at the pet store by sheriff deputies. His name is Timothy Davis, 37. He’s facing charges of conspiracy to commit a felony, theft, and drug possession,” the sheriff’s office said. “Deputies are still searching for the other three suspects.”
Footage of the heist begins with a man falling over backwards while looking at a display case of animals. A woman who appears to be a mother with her two young children and a store employee then walk over to tend to him.
“She told deputies that she purchased the puppy for $1,500 from a street vendor in north Denver. She immediately called the store when she recognized her puppy matched the photos in the story,” the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said. “Perfect Pets is grateful for being reunited with the dog and plans to give her a reward.”
Investigators described two of the suspects on the run as a “black male who was wearing a large black coat and sweatpants,” and a “white or Hispanic male who was wearing a blue and white beanie-style hat and had brown hair,” who was seen grabbing the puppies in the video.
One of the puppies has since been returned to Perfect Pets, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said. (Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office )
The gold Cadillac Escalade is described as having “no license plates and heavily tinted windows.”
Perfect Pets, on its website, said it is an “independent, family owned and operated pet store” that specializes in puppies.
Bianca Larsen, the manager of the store, told KDVR that she had been planning to sell one of the stolen puppies to a friend and the other to a fellow pet store owner.
The two puppies that were stolen from Perfect Pets in Centennial, Colo. As of Tuesday, Feb. 25, only one of the puppies has been recovered. (Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office )
“It’s sad that you know, this puppy doesn’t get to go live this amazing life with a deserving family and home instead because someone doesn’t have any morals,” she said.
