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10-29-2008, 07:04 AM | #1 |
No Longer a Member | [News] Man drove stolen car with Yorkies to his theft trial (10-28) 15:31 PDT SAN RAFAEL A man on trial for stealing a Porsche drove a stolen Lexus to the Marin County courthouse to hear the verdict, authorities said Tuesday. Tony Van, a 37-year-old hairstylist from San Francisco, was out on bail Friday afternoon as jurors weighed his fate in San Rafael. He had been charged with possessing a San Anselmo resident's cherry-red, 2008 Porsche Carrera worth $125,000. In the courthouse parking lot at the Marin County Civic Center, prosecutors said, a parallel drama unfolded when puppies from a 2005 Lexus SUV apparently grew tired of baking in the sun and escaped out a window. After county employees scooped up the Yorkshire terrier-Maltese hybrids, sheriff's deputies ran the license plate and found that the Lexus had been stolen in San Francisco. Meantime, Van ran back to the SUV holding its keys and expressing concern for the dogs, prosecutor Aicha Mievis said. Deputies arrested him. Van also had a laptop computer that had been swiped in a San Francisco auto burglary, Mievis said. The escaped dogs, and a few newborns still in the SUV, were OK and were taken to a Humane Society shelter. It's unclear whose dogs they are, but they do not belong to the SUV owner, Mievis said. Later that afternoon, the Marin County jurors - unaware of what they had missed while deliberating - returned with a guilty verdict. And on Monday, Van was arraigned on new charges: possessing a stolen car and computer, plus animal cruelty. Van's bail was raised from $10,000 to $250,000. His attorney declined to comment. |
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10-29-2008, 07:19 AM | #2 |
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| Crazy story!! I hope the puppies are ok? |
10-29-2008, 10:57 AM | #3 |
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| aww what cuties. I hope the owner gets back their dogs |
10-29-2008, 12:47 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | What a crazy story!!! Hope the owners get their cuties back
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10-30-2008, 08:23 AM | #5 |
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| OMG...that is wild! I hope those poor puppies get to thier rightful owner's. Those older Yorkies are so adorable. Best of luck and hope all goes well.
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10-30-2008, 01:37 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Colleyville, Texas
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| OMG! Those puppies were smart and brave to escape. They risked getting injured to get help for the others. He is a very bad man -- probably a bad hairstylist too!! UGH! The second puppy is so cute! Reminds me of Gingersnap!
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10-30-2008, 02:13 PM | #8 |
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| What a dumb criminal! Those pups are cute especially the 2nd one. I hope they get back with their owner
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10-30-2008, 07:15 PM | #9 |
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| What an idiot!
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11-02-2008, 06:39 AM | #10 |
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| My gosh! Does it get any more idiot than that???? Those babies are precious! I hope the owners were found, and I hope that idjit sits in the pen for a long long time!!!
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11-02-2008, 06:56 AM | #11 |
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| Apparantly this idiot steals anything that's not nailed down ... what a dork! Maybe they will keep him locked up for a very long time!
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10-29-2012, 07:39 AM | #12 |
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| It takes a special kind of evil to steal someones FurBabies! I hope they made it "home" and he made it to jail!! |
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