Teen boy, woman stole $5,400 puppy from New Hyde Park pet store, and Nassau are looking for the pair
A 4-month old Boston terrier named Pip was stolen from the Left Paw Puppies, located at 411 Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park, on Wednesday evening. Credit: NCPD
Nassau County police are looking for two people who stole a puppy worth $5,400 from a New Hyde Park pet store on Wednesday evening.
Police said a teenage boy and a woman walked into the Left Paw Puppies store on Jericho Turnpike just after 6 p.m. Wednesday and took a 4-month-old Boston terrier puppy named Pip.
The puppy weighs about 15 pounds, has black and white fur, with a white strip down his belly. Police said the woman and the boy drove off in a gray four-door pickup truck. The boy had been seen five minutes earlier walking into a store with a man.
Police said the woman had black hair and was wearing a black top and jeans. The man had a beard and was wearing a black jacket.
Nassau detectives are asking anyone with information to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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