Sadie Slater is being charged with robbery after allegedly driving off with the French bulldog.
The suspect in a dognapping was arrested Saturday, two weeks after allegedly driving off with a French bulldog as the owner clung to the car hood.
The Los Angeles Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested 21-year-old Sadie Slater in Inglewood, California, on Saturday. She is being charged with robbery, and her bail is set at $70,000, according to the police.
Slater is allegedly responsible for the dognapping on Jan. 18 in Los Angeles, where the group she was with drove off with a French bulldog while the owner clung to the hood of the car. The incident was captured on video by a bystander.
It’s really despicable how every state in this country apparently treats beloved pets and other animals as simple property, no different than a phone or a piece of furniture. They should be recognized as living beings with increased value. Stealing a pet, in particular, should be treated much more like kidnapping than like garden variety theft. It leaves people devastated for years. The outcome of the crime should be better taken into account. Hell, I’m pretty sure I would need therapy if somebody stole my dog from me and I was unable to stop them or get the dog back.
I would also argue that stealing or harming a pet is much more sociopathic behavior indicative of a person’s character than simple theft is.
Agree in general. If someone stole my dog I would not be in a good place.
I’m not saying I’d be as capable as John wick, but I’d certainly be similarly motivated.
I would want to be John Wick in that situation.
For sure. My dog is a mutt so had a very low sticker-price indeed.
I wonder if it could be argued that I’ve invested a lot of money into him (via the vet)?
Though I suppose those were maintenance costs…
The training probably improved his value though. I wonder what monetary value could be put on it to get more attention for him from the police etc.
I’m pretty sure they typically look at the cost of “replacing” the dog. Which is to say, if you spent $400 on an adoption fee, you’ll probably get $400, maybe a little more to account for inflation if you’re lucky. If you bought a dog for $2,000, you’ll probably get about $2,000. Nevermind if you spent thousands of dollars in training and vet fees, food, toys, etc.
At this point, it must be close to $20,000 that I have invested in my one dog who ended up having health problems (she’s almost two!). Would I get that back if somebody killed or stole her? Hell no. Should I? Hell yes.