Reward offered for stolen dog
1/5/04

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS - It's bad enough to have your car stolen - but with your dog inside?
That's what happened to 79-year old Bob Dille of Columbia Heights. On New Year's Eve, he went to buy a newspaper at a Holiday store. Bob left the keys in his Ford Explorer and when he came back outside and his dog Lucy were gone. Bob is heartbroken.
"I had her for all 12 years. I figured we'd both be gone about the same time probably," he told Channel 5.
His Ford Explorer is a 2000 model, blue in color with license number HRV-030. If you see it, call police.
Lucy is a 12-year old Terrier. She was wearing a black and white sweater when she was taken.
A Channel 5 viewer who first saw this story Thursday has put up a 250-dollar reward for tips leading to an arrest and return of the dog.

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Woman accused of taking SUV with man's dog inside
1/6/04

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS - A woman is scheduled to appear in court for the theft of a man's SUV while his dog was inside.
Police say Jennifer Bjorgo has not provided any information on the whereabouts of Lucy, the 12-year-old terrier that disappeared with the vehicle
The reward for Lucy is growing, thanks to Channel 5 viewers. It now stands at $500.
Anyone with information on the case should call Columbia Heights police.

Dog taken during SUV theft found alive
1/7/04

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS - Authorities have found a dog that was inside her owner's SUV when it was stolen last week.
Bob Dille, 79, cried as he was reunited with his 12-year-old terrier named Lucy.
The dog appears to be fine.
Columbia Heights police picked up the dog this morning after someone spotted the dog in the area of south Minneapolis, where the SUV had been left behind.