Shoplifting DOG Apologizes ! | Canine Returns To Scene Of Crime | KSL-TV

The "shoplifting dog" has come forward to own-up to the crime of store theft. ----- [FEB 2009]
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Shoplifting dog identified; family makes restitution: [FEB 06 2009]

Mystery solved, suspect in custody! We finally know who pulled off a canine caper that generated news stories, and laughter, around the globe. The "shoplifting dog" has finally come forward and faced up to the crime.

Returning to the scene of the crime in a Hummer, Akira took it easy this time, riding instead of walking. The 11-year-old Siberian Husky seemed eager for a return visit to the Smith's grocery store.

Just before Christmas, surveillance video captured a mysterious dog making a clean getaway with a stolen rawhide bone. The Stirling family suspected Akira was the bad guy and brought her back to face the music.

"There's no question. That looks exactly like the dog," store manager Roger Adamson said. That same verdict was unanimous from store employees.

When her owners turned her loose, she followed her nose straight for the good stuff. After sniffing around a bit, the first aisle she explored was Aisle 16, the pet aisle, paying particular attention to the rawhide bones.

Akira lives in Cottonwood Heights, a long way away from the Murray grocery store. An electronic fence line is supposed to give her collar a jolt if she tries to leave, when it works.

"She's a roamer. She likes to get out and roam, and nothing will keep her inside," her owner, John Stirling, said.

Here's the Walt Disney "Incredible Journey" part: To get to the Smith's store in Murray, she must have walked from Cottonwood Heights, crossing under two freeways. It was a trip of measuring 5.9 miles. After ripping off the bone and returning home, it's nearly 12 miles.

Dogs are still outlawed at the Smith's store, so Akira had to leave after her short visit. This time around, Akira stopped at the cash register. Her family paid twice: once for a fresh bone and once more for the one that got away.

The Stirling family didn't see our original TV story in December or any of the network and Internet retellings. "We'd had people tell us it looked a lot like her, but neither one of us had really paid attention or watched the video," Sterling said.

The owners came forward after watching our follow-up story two days ago.

Store employees not only recognized the dog, they also remembered the electronic collar Akira was wearing.

KSL-TV: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5523675
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ORIGINAL STORY : MURRAY, Utah — A four-footed felon made off with a rawhide bone from a Utah grocery store after ignoring the store manager's orders to drop the loot.

Surveillance video at Smith's Food & Drug in Murray, just south of Salt Lake City, shows the dog walking in the front door and giving a friendly sniff to a young girl at a checkout stand.

Then the dog headed straight for the pet food in Aisle 16, grabbed the $2.79 bone and made a break for the door, only to be confronted by store manager Roger Adamson.

"I looked at him. I said, 'Drop it!"' Adamson told KSL-TV in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.

"I decided I wanted to keep all my fingers, so I didn't try to take it from him. He looked at me, and I looked at him, and he ran for the door and away he went, right out the front door," Adamson said.

The suspect hasn't been seen since. | Thursday, December 25, 2008 FoxNews.com

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[AgoliantMystified]

the emloyees are thinking, i work retail. i don't give a shit. i steal shit every day.

[nymamii12]

Now thats a bad bitch

[23burrell]

Dang that dig know its Way home!!!![][][][][]

[easythere12]

that is really funny and very cool that that dog can do that

[1isaacmusic]

Can anybody explain how the dog knew the route to the store ?

[johngorgis]

WHO GIVES A FUCK GIVE IT THE DAMB BONE

[loveunderlaw]

This dog knows where the good stuff is at LOL

[cthorste]

yeah, it's real funny. until you check her dog house and find 10,000 dollars worth of jewelry and rolex watches.

[boriqmuah]

Lol. That was awesome. Beautiful animal and super smart. :-)

[wolf3102]

very nice video

[Qbuilderz]

Yes. All dogs follow streets, just like cars, and don't cut through back yards.

*sigh* Silly newscasters.

[ksioamaral89]

maybe this dog and the shoplifting seagull(the criminal who used to steal doritos) are crime partners!