'Dognappers' Demand Money From Pet Owner

[Kadie]

'Dognappers' Demand Money From Pet Owner
Calveras County Man Loses $10,000, Gets Beloved Pet Back

POSTED: 8:38 am PDT July 28, 2004
UPDATED: 8:56 am PDT July 28, 2004

VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. -- A Calaveras County man is out $10,000 after "dognappers" took his beloved pet and demanded money to get him back.

Frank Compton, 80, lives alone with only his terrier "Sandy" to keep company. When the dog disappeared last week, Compton said he immediately knew something was wrong.

Compton posted a flier about the missing dog, and soon after got a phone call from two men whom police believe are "dognappers."

"They threatened and said 'We have your dog, we have Sandy, we have your little dog ... If you want him back, you have to give us $10,000'," Compton said.

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[izzie]

1. American knowhow in making money? What next?

I once had a cat taken and killed and could do nothing about it. Cops said they knew the kid doing it and he was always killing pets and sometimes putting them back in the yard he took them from but they could not get him. He would put these dead animals on people front door step who were looking for their missing pets also. Just bad