Thursday, September 20, 2012

America, Land of Opportunity: Couple sold neighbor’s lost puppy on Craigslist




One Pennsylvania couple has been accused of doing something a little unexpected with a lost puppy that showed up at their house this month — selling it on Craigslist.

Scott and Roxanne Duff of Leechburg now face charges for failing to make reasonable efforts to return lost property, conspiracy, and filing false reports.  They are accused of calling police when a neighbor’s 6-month-old Rottweiler and a Labrador retriever showed up at their house Sept. 3. They asked what to do with the dogs and were told to contact a local shelter or reach out to the regional dog catcher, police told the Valley News Dispatch.

But that didn’t happen. While the couple returned the Labrador to their neighbor, they later told police the Rottweiler puppy had run away.  That neighbor didn’t believe this story, and told police the next day that he thought the Duffs still had his puppy.

When police asked the couple about the puppy again, they allegedly admitted to selling it on Craigslist for $50….

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