Macomb County authorities thought they’d seen it all.
Until Jan. 16. That’s when Roseville police discovered a surprise while patting down a suspect in a theft at a bank several hours earlier. They found a palm-sized bundle of gray fur and blue eyes — a weeks-old pit bull puppy that was zipped into the man’s jacket pocket.
“This is definitely a first,” said Jeff Randazzo, Macomb County’s chief animal control officer.
Roseville Police Chief Mitch Berlin agreed.
“I don’t think anybody at this department’s seen anything like it,” he said Tuesday.
Last week, the tiny puppy curled up among blankets in a large kennel space inside animal control’s facility in Mount Clemens .
The approximately 5-week-old puppy, which Randazzo described as a healthy female blue pit bull, was nicknamed “Bandit.” Animal control later learned her owners named her Frappy.
The puppy’s ears had been cropped, supposedly by a veterinarian, and had stitches, Randazzo said. He described the puppy as “just a baby baby.”