Ronnie has been reunited with Sean!
Ronnie was stolen by a woman from INSIDE Barclays Bank on North St on the 19th of June. She stole him from Sean who has Down Syndrome and cannot speak.
There were a couple of potential sightings over the last few days and then yesterday afternoon it appears that not one, but two people who had followed Ronnie’s story on our page spotted Ronnie with the woman (drunk) in central Brighton.
It seems both people reported this to the police and to cut a long story short the woman was taken in to custody. Ronnie waited nervously in the Police station.
Ronnie was over the moon to be picked up from the Police station by Sean’s care worker and she surprised Sean and his Mum (who were out looking for Ronnie in Kemp town) by bringing him to them. Imagine one of those slow-motion happy reunions you see in films.. Ronnie and Sean were beyond ecstatic to see each other. It was also Sean’s 22nd birthday yesterday so what a gift!
Who knows what may have happened to poor Ronnie if you all had not shared our post and those two Dogwatch followers had not acted upon the information. Thank you!
Sean’s careworker has promised us a picture, coming later today, so watch out for that. We are also waiting to hear any progress on what will happen to the thief – we do know she has been released on bail.
We aim to make Brighton & Hove and the surrounding areas a NO GO area for dog thieves. We consider this a victory!! Well done everybody. 26th June’14.
Ronnie was stolen by a woman from INSIDE Barclays Bank on North St on the 19th of June. She stole him from Sean who has Down Syndrome and cannot speak.
There were a couple of potential sightings over the last few days and then yesterday afternoon it appears that not one, but two people who had followed Ronnie’s story on our page spotted Ronnie with the woman (drunk) in central Brighton.
It seems both people reported this to the police and to cut a long story short the woman was taken in to custody. Ronnie waited nervously in the Police station.
Ronnie was over the moon to be picked up from the Police station by Sean’s care worker and she surprised Sean and his Mum (who were out looking for Ronnie in Kemp town) by bringing him to them. Imagine one of those slow-motion happy reunions you see in films.. Ronnie and Sean were beyond ecstatic to see each other. It was also Sean’s 22nd birthday yesterday so what a gift!
Who knows what may have happened to poor Ronnie if you all had not shared our post and those two Dogwatch followers had not acted upon the information. Thank you!
Sean’s careworker has promised us a picture, coming later today, so watch out for that. We are also waiting to hear any progress on what will happen to the thief – we do know she has been released on bail.
We aim to make Brighton & Hove and the surrounding areas a NO GO area for dog thieves. We consider this a victory!! Well done everybody. 26th June’14.
***UPDATE***
Ronnie has been found and returned to his owner on his birthday! Thank you to all who shared and helped with the search and to Sussex Police for acting on the information they were given!
STOLEN IN BRIGHTON:
Ronnie, a black Lurcher was stolen from North Street, Brighton on the 19th June.
Info from Doglost: Stolen from outside Barclays Bank, North Street BRIGHTON. A female approached the male owner who has Downs Syndrome. She befriended him and then stole his dog. Owner is understandably very distressed.
The Police have been informed and the crime reference number is 1193.
Please contact Donna on 07772 904201 with any sightings or info.
http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php?dogId=70894#.U6mqqPldWSo
