2 dogs stolen, used for fighting - returned home Decatur, AL (US) Incident Date: Saturday, Mar 18, 2006 County: Morgan Local Map: available Disposition: Alleged Alleged: » Adult » Juvenile

Case ID: 8480 Classification: Fighting, Theft Animal: dog (pit-bull) View more cases in AL (US) Login to Watch this Case

A man and a juvenile allegedly stole a pair of pit bulls and pitted them against one another, Decatur police said. A brown and white 2-year-old female and a light brown 8-month-old male, each valued at about $200, disappeared from Curtis Bolden's backyard in the 300 block of Tammy Street Southwest on March 18, 2006.

Bolden suspected a man who had visited and played with the dogs might have taken them, police said. Bolden gave the suspect another pit bull about a week before. Bolden found his dogs at the suspect's girlfriend's house in the 700 block of Third Avenue Southeast, police said. An officer went to the house and interviewed a witness who said she walked out and saw her 16-year-old brother and the suspect apparently fighting the dogs, police said. She told police she told the two to separate the dogs. "(The dogs) weren't hurt bad. They had little scratches on their noses. The girl did say they were fighting them, though," Bolden said. "I filed charges against both of them for theft."

Bolden said he doesn't believe the two were involved in any sort of illegal dog fighting operation.
They are young and were probably just being reckless, he said. "When I went over there, I looked at (the dog I gave him), and he didn't have any scars on him," Bolden said. Bolden said he was glad to have the pets, one of which belongs to his father, back at home and out of harm's way.

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The Decatur Daily - March 22, 2006

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