$900 puppy stolen from Orlando pet store

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ORLANDO, Fla. (WKMG) The owner of a pet store in Orlando is asking for help trying to identify someone who stole a puppy from his store on Black Friday.

Surveillance video shows a woman distracting an employee Friday evening so she can get away with a French beagle puppy worth nearly $900.

“She was 10 steps ahead of him out the front door,” owner Charles Glatz said. “With a car waiting with the back door open, and she jumped in with the puppy and took off.”

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Charles Glatz and his family have run The Puppy Stop on East Colonial Drive for 12 years. This is not the first time a puppy has been stolen from this store.

Someone stole at $2,300 yorkie in January 2016. In November 2015, a woman was caught trying to put a dog in her purse. And in 2013, a man stuffed a pug and miniature dachshund down his pants.

“The last few times this did happen, (we’ve) gotten our puppy back and they’ve went to jail,” Glatz said.

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The owner had 14 surveillance cameras installed a couple of years back when one of those puppies was stolen. Now, he’s looking to add a gate near the entrance to slow down any would-be thieves.

“If we had that gate, in this particular instance, this puppy wouldn’t have gotten away,” he said.

Anyone who has any information regarding the theft is asked to call Orlando police.

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