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.
For everyone wondering about the dog, it looks like he hasn’t been found yet. Police are searching for a male suspect and are “. .determined to ensure that all those responsible for this heinous crime are held accountable and that Onyx is safely returned to his rightful owner”.
what about the DOG?! is he ok?!
I just assume the police shot it per usual.
Then charged the owner with some crime and shot them too.
Animal cruelty and attempted suicide, obviously.
Sadly hasn’t been found yet.
Wondering how hard it is to find the breeder.
Seriously. Why isn’t this mentioned.
I just assume it is okay since they call it a dog robbery and not a dog murder.
It’s not okay because it’s a French bulldog and they are so inbred that they can’t breathe properly.
But it’s probably back with its owner.
How is this not attempted murder
The woman arrested wasn’t the driver, just the dognapper. They haven’t caught the man who was driving yet, but I assume he’ll have much harsher charges if/when they do.
Totally would do the same for a Frenchie. Those dogs are an awesome breed. Wicked smaht, super friendly, and loveable goofballs.goofball.
Uh…not steal mind you. Totally would jump on the car Action Jackson style. Fuck those people for taking her dog.
They’re nice dogs but I would never ever bring one into this world or super people who do.
I have family that foster dogs, they’ve had so many frenchies with severe back issues, or breathing issues, to the point the dog can’t do things like run around and enjoy themselves.
I just think we shouldn’t breed them anymore. They’re too good for the life we’re force them into for it own vanity.
One more of those titles where I think to myself : there must be some English grammatical pervert mechanism (which I don’t understand) that would hint some meaning to a native speaker.
What’s are you finding confusing with it?
What
’sare you finding confusing with it?For me the worst part was “dognapping”. Followed by : “frantic owner clinging to car hood”. Because at this point, I am on the wrong track … since I am trying to figure out how the owner of the car was napping (like a dog ?) on his car’s hood (??) or whatever. I couldn’t make sense of that.
Ah, well Dognapping is a crime like kidnapping, which was originally used to describe nap/nabbing a child but was eventually used to describe the act for adults as well.
So once you think of it as someone stealing a dog, you can infer that they were holding onto the car of the perpetrators presumably in order to not let them escape.
A lot of the meaning is referential and taken from context clues, which I can see how that would be confusing if you didn’t know the context.
Ok, well, after reading the title I went on to read the “body” of the post and so I was rapidly back on track and understood that “dognapping” word … and was then able to grasp the rest…
I like this (newspaper article) title :
“Foot heads arms body” meaning :
“Mr Foot is heading a group of people which is called a body that is concerned with a type of weapons which is designated by the word : arms”Sometimes it is fun to go beyond my initial confusion … but most often it is just making me lose some time … then I don’t understand and I just give up… and sometime, like today, I make some kind of a rant.
Thanks for your time, attention and your kindness 👍
It’s normal English in all its weirdness.
