CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. — Police are asking for the public's help finding a 16-year-old dog that was inside a car stolen from a gas station Monday afternoon.
According to the Prince George's County Police Department, the 16-year-old Shih Tzu named Zoi was inside a silver Infiniti SUV at a gas station in the 1400 block of Hampton Park Blvd when the vehicle was stolen around 1:15 p.m.
Zoi is described as being all white with a multi-color tail. Anyone who has seen Zoi, or knows where the dog may be, is asked to call 911.
Zoi's abduction is the latest in a string of dog thefts across the D.C. area. Most recently, a woman had her French bulldog stolen from outside her apartment over the Thanksgiving weekend. Teffiney Worthy says she was getting back from walking her 6-month-old puppy, Hendrix, around 4 p.m. on Saturday, when two black cars with paper tags pulled up in front of her home on Monroe Street, Northeast.
Worthy says the man was carrying what looked like a Taser and said, "Give me your dog or I'll kill you."
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