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Thief Returns Puppy After Pastor Sees Him on TV

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By Kelli Bender Jul 2nd 2012

No matter how adorable a puppy may be, stealing one is never sanctioned by the church. According to KABC-TV, one dognapper found that out the hard way when his pastor urged him to return a stolen canine and turn himself in.

With help from a lookout, 53-year-old Jesus Medina snagged a $1,000 Puggle puppy from a pet store in South Pasadena, Calif. last week. Even though the robbery was captured on tape and the dog was microchipped, authorities were unable to apprehend the two thieves.

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Then Medina's pastor recognized his parishioner from the security footage of the dognapping that played on the local news. After watching the segment, the pastor contacted Medina and urged him to do the right thing and return the puppy.

Medina listened to his minister, and was placed under arrest after giving the dog back and admitting to the crime. The Puggle puppy appeared to be unfazed and unharmed by his brief stint as a hostage.

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Jenny Meyers

They were being sarcastic... $70 sounds like an adoption fee and by adding "something" to the LabPitChow, they were making the point that you can pay a small adoption fee for a mixed breed and save a life vs paying $1000 for a mixed breed from a puppy mill. I think they are quite aware that a Puggle is not a purebred...

Point is, don't shop, adopt! What's a shame is that the dogs being sold in pet stores are usually puppy mill dogs and what sucks is that basically they need to be raided in order to rescue the dogs so that no one is contributing to them. They are all living and breathing too and they just need to get someone in to do a rescue!

July 04 2012 at 12:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Jenny Meyers

(This was in reply to comments below... Straightjacket66 and Susan Hernan. I just didn't reply in right place!)

July 04 2012 at 12:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Susan Carmena Hernan

ADOPT!! Don't BUY!

July 03 2012 at 12:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

hey sweet thing

don't buy while shelter dogs die !!

July 02 2012 at 9:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

swrlystuff

Who would pay $1000 for a mixed breed dog?

July 02 2012 at 7:56 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Reply

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straightjacket66

Um, excuse me, don't you mean a Pure Bred Puggle? lol Why would anyone pay that much money for any one dog at a puppy mill pet store when that much cash could save so many lives from a shelter. My Pure Bred LabPitChowSomething is a great dog, and a bargain at $70!

July 02 2012 at 8:10 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply

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Susan Carmena Hernan

A Puggle is not pure Bred! Your Labpitchow is a MIXED bred also! Get real!

July 03 2012 at 12:33 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down