San Diego police shared a video of a weird incident during which a thief stopped for a minute to affectionately pat a golden retriever earlier than stealing its proprietor’s $1,300 electric bike.
Within the video the person may be seen getting into a lit and open storage earlier than trying to stealthily wheel away the costly bike – however earlier than he may, he was stopped by the pleasant canine.
The thief could possibly be seen wheeling the bike again into the storage, placing it on its stand, and beginning to rub the canine’s stomach whereas telling it: ‘You’re the good canine ever!’
The healthful second didn’t deter the thief, who swiftly returned to enterprise and made off with the bike.
San Diego Police Division Lt. Brian Brecht described it as a ‘very distinctive state of affairs.’
A thief stopped for a minute to affectionately pet a golden retriever earlier than stealing its proprietor’s $1,300 electrical bike. He’s pictured rubbing the canine’s stomach
The golden retriever excitedly leaped onto the thief as he was leaving with its proprietor’s electrical bicycle
‘The man enters the storage, grabs the bike and begins to stroll out. He’s about 5 ft outdoors the storage door, and a golden retriever comes outdoors, into the storage, and follows the man out,’ he advised NBC 7.
‘He instantly comes again in, parks the bike and begins enjoying with the canine.’
The incident occurred at round 10.40pm on July 15 on Diamond Avenue within the Pacific Seashore space of San Diego.
The thief was carrying a blue and white hat, grey shirt, blue shorts, and orange athletic sneakers. He was carrying a black and blue backpack on the time.
The thief additionally alluded to the theft, telling the canine: ‘The place’s your dad? Your dad shouldn’t go away the storage door open.’
‘You bought an excessive amount of s**t, how do you’ve a lot s**t in your home? Why do you’ve all these items? Dude, you is perhaps the good canine ever.’
The thief advised the canine it was the ‘coolest canine ever’ and steered its proprietor was clumsy to go away a storage stuffed with so many priceless items open and unlocked
After pausing to observe for round ten seconds, the canine then ran after the thief and left the digicam’s area of view
He then wheeled the bike off earlier than hopping on the saddle. After pausing to observe for round ten seconds, the canine then ran after the thief and left the digicam’s area of view.
In a press release accompanying the footage, San Diego Police famous that the bike had a number of distinctive options.
‘This isn’t your common bike, it’s distinct, that includes ‘8-ball’ caps on the tire valves, an ‘8-ball’ emblem on the body, and a rear wheel body marked with a checkered black and white sample,’ it learn.
‘We’re nonetheless searching for the topic. That’s why we marketed this on social media, however hopefully, we are able to get some ideas from the general public,’ Brecht mentioned.
Anybody with data is being requested to achieve out to SDPD or Crime Stoppers.
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