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Video shows callous NYC thief snatching dog from senior in broad daylight
The senior was with his pup when the suspect approached and started petting him before the suspect suddenly swept the dog into his arms and began revving his engine in an attempt to take off.
nypost.com
Video shows callous NYC thief snatching dog from senior in broad daylight
By
Amanda Woods
June 29, 2022 9:53am
Updated
Video shows suspect on motorcycle stealing mini pit bull from 75-year-old man in Ozone Park
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A callous Queens thief on a motorcycle snatched a dog off the street from a 75-year-old man in broad daylight, shocking video shows.
The senior was with his pup around 2:20 p.m. Saturday at 95th Avenue and 88th Street in Ozone Park when the suspect approached and started petting him, according to cops and video posted to the Facebook page for the Ozone Park Residents Block Association.
The gray and white mini pit bull, named Off White, is less than a year old, the victim, Carlos Gil, told WABC.
Then the suspect suddenly swept the dog into his arms and began revving his engine in an attempt to take off, the clip shows.
Gil tried in vain to block the pet-napper’s path, but he got away – driving along the sidewalk while still holding the pup.
A second dog can be seen in the clip running up the steps on a front stoop just as the suspect grabbed Off White.
The suspect approached the senior man and started petting his dog.Facebook/Sam Saverio Esposito 
The suspect then swept the dog into his arms and began revving his engine.Facebook/Sam Saverio Esposito 
Carlos Gil tried in vain to block the pet-napper’s path, but he got away.WABCOff White belongs to one of Gil’s relatives, a 52-year-old woman, cops said.
“When he took off on his bike, I tried to push him,” Gil told WABC in Spanish. “He rushed away, but I thought he was going to hit a pole. Because I wanted to take him out.”
No arrests have been made.
The gray and white mini pit bull is named Off White.Facebook/Sam Saverio Esposito 
Off White is less than a year old.WABCIn a statement, the Ozone Park Residents Block Association described the midday theft as “appalling,” and said it happened in front of the victim’s house.
“We condemn the actions of this perpetrator and coward that preyed on a senior and stole his dog,” the statement said. “These acts of cowardness can not go unpunished, and this perp MUST be brought to justice.”
The stolen pup is worth $800, according to police – but the family feels they lost something more valuable.
“We really would just like to get the dog back,” relative Alonso Gil told WABC. “It’s very much a part of the family, and it’s just very sad to know that he’s gone.”