Man armed with taser steals French Bulldog in Northeast DC

Gabby Allen
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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is trying to find a French Bulldog puppy who was stolen from his owner in Northeast, D.C. on Saturday.

A man with a taser approached a woman as she was walking into her building at about 4 p.m. He demanded her dog and she complied – he fled eastbound on Monroe St., N.E. in a black Nissan with tinted windows and paper tags.

“It looked like he had a taser in his hand – it didn’t look like a gun, it looked like a taser and he was holding it out and [had] his other hand in his pocket and he was like, ‘Give me your dog or I’m gonna kill you,'” the dog’s owner, Teffiney Worthy, said.

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The dog is described as a six-month-old French Bulldog named “Hendrix.” He has brown and white coloring.

Hendrix was stolen from Worthy just months after her previous dog drowned in a flood at District Dogs, a doggy daycare in Northeast, D.C.

Worthy said in an interview with DC News Now that the man came up to her while she was trying to put in a code to get to her building.

“I was shaking so I just didn’t have enough coordination or time to put the code in to get me and Hendrix in safely,” she said.

The stolen French Bulldog named “Hendrix” is pictured on the left and the suspect believed to have taken him is on the right. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Police Department)
The stolen French Bulldog named “Hendrix” is pictured on the left and the suspect believed to have taken him is on the right. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Police Department)

Anyone who can identify the suspect, has knowledge of the incident or knowledge of where Hendrix might be is asked to call MPD at (202) 727-9099 or text the department’s tip line at 50411.

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