NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A stolen dog was found and reunited with its owner on Thursday, two days after the violent theft was caught on video inside a 7-Eleven store in North Hollywood.
The 11-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback pit bull mix, named Drake, was located at a sober living home in Orange County. Operators of the home recognized the animal from news reports and confronted the tenants, who had it in their possession.
The suspects fled from the facility, leaving the dog with the operators, who called the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. That agency then contacted the Los Angeles Police Department.
The dog did not appear to be in any distress.
An LAPD spokesperson said the motive for the theft remains unknown, along with the identities of the suspects. The federal law restricting release of medical information prevented the sober living home from providing the names of tenants to police.
The theft of the dog was reported at 12:46 a.m. Tuesday at a 7-Eleven in the 11100 block of Burbank Boulevard.
Disturbing video shows a man and a woman knock down and assault the victim inside the store and take the dog.
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