NORTH CAROLINA -- A woman who stole a seven-week-old puppy from an animal shelter is being looked for by the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.
According to police, a woman around age late 40s to early 50s came to look at a lab mix puppy at the Rowan County Animal Shelter Tuesday.
A shelter attendant brought the puppy out to the woman and then left to help another person at the shelter.
According to the attendant, people at the shelter later said the woman left with the puppy. Stealing a dog is considered to be a felony charge.
The woman was driving a burgundy newer model Toyota Camry.
Later, the attendant said people in the shelter said the woman took the puppy and left in a newer model burgundy Toyota Camry.
Police ask anyone with information on the crime to call the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office at 704-216-8700.
UPDATE: The woman has been identified as Cindy Wilson and was charged.
(Crime in Charlotte - May 30, 2015)
