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-- UNION COUNTY. SHEREE: A BRAZEN ROBBERY CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A MAN WALK INTO THIS LOCAL PET STORE AND WALKING OUT WITH AN EIGHT-WEEK-OLD PUPPY. WLWT NEWS 5’S MOLLIE LAIR HAS THE PLEA FROM THE STORE OWNER FOR THE PUPPY’S SAFE RETURN. MOLLIE: TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS PHOTO. THIS IS THE MAN SEEN ON VIDE STUFFING A SHITZU PUPPY INTO A BAG AND WALKING OUT OF THE STORE. THAT WAS FRIDAY. AND NOW POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT. THE STAFF AT ANIMAL HOUSE IN MOUNT HEALTHY IS HEARTBROKEN AFTER A PUPPY WAS STOLEN FROM THEIR CARE. >> A GENTLEMAN CAME INTO OUR STORE CARRYING A DOOR DASH BAG A LARGE BAG. WE WERE PRETTY OCCUPIED AT THE TIME WITH OTHER CUSTOMERS AND HE PUT ONE OF OUR PUPPIES INTO HIS BAG. MOLLIE WATCH SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURE THIS MAN WEARING A RED TRACK SUIT AS HE PICKS UP A PUPPY FROM ONE OF THE PENS. HE WALKS BY A FAMILY AND STANDS IN THE DOORWAY. THEN YOU CAN SEE HIM PLACE THE PUPPY IN A BAG. IT ALL HAPPENED IN JUST A FEW MINUTES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. >> OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS JUST GETTING THE PUPPY BACK AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE DOG. JUST NOT KNOWING WHERE IT IS. WE WANT EVERY ONE OF OUR DOGS TO FIND A LOVING HOME AND JUST NOT KNOWING WHERE THIS PUPPY IS IS VERY DISCOURAGING. MOLLIE: THE PUPPY IS AN EIGHT-WEEK OLD MALE SHITZU. THIS IS IT’S BROTHER ALSO AT ANIMAL HOUSE. OWNER MICHAEL RALEIGH IS WORRIED THE PUPPY WON’T RECEIVE PROPER CARE. >> A LITTLE DOG LIKE THAT GOES A PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT FOOD BECAUSE IT’S SCARED OR NERVOUS THEY DON’T DO WELL. MOLLIE: HE BELIEVES THE MAN HAD BEEN IN THE STORE BEFORE. YOU CAN SEE HE WAS ON HIS PHONE WITH HIS BACK TO THE CAMERA. >> WE LEARNED A BIG LESSON HERE. EVERYBODY’S ON HIGH ALERT ALL THE TIME NOW. MOLLIE: ANIMAL HOUSE HAS UPDATED SIGNS. NO ONE PICKS UP A PUPPY WITHOUT AN EMPLOYEE AROUND. >> I FEEL AS IF WE ALMOST LET THE DOG DOWN. WE TOOK OUR EYES OFF FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT’S WHEN IT HAPPENED AND YOU JUST DON’T EXPECT SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MOLLIE: THE OWNER TELLS ME THEY HAVE HAD A FEW PEOPLE CALL IN WITH TIPS. BUT NO STRONG LEADS YET. THEY JUST WANT TO GET THE PUPPY BACK SAFELY. SHEREE: THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME A PUPPY HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM ANIMAL HOUSE. THE OWNER SAYS ALL DOGS ARE GIVEN MICROCHIPS BUT THEY’D ONLY HAD THIS PUPPY ABOUT A DAY. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAN IN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CALL MOUN

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