Stolen California dog returned after theft video goes viral
RUBIDOUX, Calif. — A California woman is overjoyed after her stolen pet dog was returned with the help of a security video posted on social media.
The Orange County Register reports that Melissa Cortez’s pug, Andrew, was returned to her Tuesday by the Spectrum cable company.
The newspaper reports that a neighbour’s security video taken midday Monday showed a man who was driving a Spectrum van take the 10-month-old puppy from the yard outside Cortez’s home about 53 miles (85 kilometres) east of Los Angeles.
“I was angry and upset at first, just thinking that someone took him, but to see someone who people usually trust to be in their homes felt like an even bigger violation,” Cortez told the Register in an interview Tuesday.
“He has a larger-than-life personality and is extremely trusting, and for someone to take advantage of that breaks my heart,” she said. “I don’t know if I would have gotten my baby back if it wasn’t for social media and people who spread the word,” she said.
Cortez says she filed a report with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, but the cable company contacted her after two video clips were posted to social media and widely shared.
Spectrum says the unnamed employee has been fired.
“As part of its support of the Riverside Sheriff’s investigation, Spectrum security has recovered the dog and has returned it to the owner,” Spectrum spokesman Dennis Johnson said.
Police say no one has been arrested.
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