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April 9, 2008

Man steals own dog, sentenced to pound

An Arkansas man who broke into an animal shelter to retrieve his own dog was sentenced to 120 hours of community service – all of it at the animal shelter.

Joshua David Frame pleaded guilty Monday to “breaking or entering” to get his boxer-pit bull back, according to the Benton County Daily Record. (You can read the full story here.)

The dog was running loose in the town of Rogers when it was picked up Jan. 18 and taken to the Rogers Animal Shelter. Frame broke in that same night, using bolt cutters to cut a lock and escaping with the dog.

Apparently, he was unaware a microchip had been implanted in the dog, allowing police to track the animal down. In Frame’s yard, officers saw the dog, and the bolt cutters were leaning against the wall inside his house. Frame said alcohol had influenced his actions.

He was allowed to keep his dog.

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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