Thief caught after leaving his sausage dog with address at scene of the crime

For reasons which remain unclear, a thief in Gatineau, western Quebec, Canada, left his dog behind at a crime scene recently. On Friday March 13 the lone staffer at the Talbot denture clinic left for lunch just before 1 pm. When he returned, police say he found holes in the wall leading to the clinic.

Inside was a Daschund. The door hadn’t been forced, but later, witnesses told detectives they had heard barking coming from within the clinic. It didn’t take investigators long to piece together what had happened, a laptop was missing and so too was a $5 bill which had been left in some sort of donation box on the counter.



The only one who knew anything was the little dog, who wasn’t talking. But he did have identification around his collar. Officers checked the dog tag and found it included a home address. Officers went to the place and found a 31-year-old Gatineau man in possession of both the missing laptop and a $5 bill.

On Thursday he appeared in Gatineau court and was sentenced to six months in jail for breach of probation and breaking and entering. The dog, police say, was collected by animal control and taken to a shelter. Investigators have not said why the dog was taken along for the crime or left behind.