EUGENE, Ore. — An elderly woman’s dog was stolen last month and the incident was caught on video. Officers are investigating it as a first-degree theft because it is a companion animal, the Eugene Police Department said.
At 2:15 a.m. September 23, the woman, who is unhoused, contacted Eugene Police at the Downtown Public Safety Station to report her dog Beau was lost.
The woman, 73, said she was sleeping on the corner of West Broadway and Olive Street and her dog had been with her when she went to sleep. When she awoke, the dog was gone.
Video revealed the dog had wandered off around 12:30 a.m. A group of people bought the dog back on its leash and tied it up near the woman, who was still sleeping. The group then returned approximately 45 minutes later, untied the dog’s leash and left the area with the dog…