Police sting recovers stolen Pit bull puppy and reunites him with adoptive family

A puppy stolen from shelter recovered by police in sting
A puppy stolen from a shelter was recovered by police. Photo: Tom Abate

A Pit bull puppy who was stolen from an animal shelter was recovered by police in a sting operation. The pup had already been adopted when he was dog-napped on Tuesday.

Police said that a 19-year-old man and a juvenile were visiting the Tri-City Animal Shelter in Fremont, California when they snatched the puppy. The suspects placed the puppy outside of the building and then after leaving, hopped the fence and grabbed the pup.

The pair of thieves put the pup up for sale on Craigslist. The community service officer of Animal Services found the ad online and informed detectives. With that information, detectives arranged to buy the puppy from the thieves on Thursday. Once police had the puppy safely in hand they arrested the seller and his accomplice. Both have been cited for theft.

The puppy, named Opie, was safely returned to the shelter and reunited with his new family on Friday.

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glad the puppy is safe an well

Great work to all those involved in finding this puppy! We need more officers like these

Great work officers! Glad this baby is back again with his new family.

Perhaps the shelter needs to look at there protocol in how they show animals to prospective adopters. Simple security measures put in place can go along way to prevent this kind of thing from happening again. Good work guys in bringing this puppy back to better hands. Have a long and happy life with your new family little pooch.