NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – Two teen girls were arrested and charged in connection with last month's dognapping of a dachshund named Milkshake, whose owner said she was taunted with prank calls, police said Tuesday.
The two suspects, both 16 years old, were charged with grand larceny and harassment.
While arrests were made, it wasn't immediately clear if the 10-year-old dog had been returned to her owner.
Police believe the suspects are the same teens seen on May 4 surveillance video taking Milkshake from a hallway of the apartment building where she lived on Tiffany Street in the Longwood section.
The dog's owner, Luz Montanez, told 1010 WINS last week that Milkshake is her best friend who she got when she was just a three-week-old pup.
Montanez said the nightmare was made all the worse because the dognappers had been prank calling her nearly every day—even on Mother's Day—barking into the phone and taunting her family.
"It's very upsetting," she said, "especially when they're doing mocking sounds, like they'll make barking sounds in the back. They know who I am. They know my name. They know my dog's name. So it's just evil. It's very, very, very mean."
"What I don't understand is why would you not just bring her back," Montanez said. "She's tagged. She has my phone number. You've been calling me harassing me, why not just bring the dog back? I don't understand the purpose in taking her. You know she belongs to someone."