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ANDERSON COUNTY — Anderson police said a vehicle break-in reported on Wednesday resulted in the loss of a German shepherd puppy.
John Ferguson, 19, of Pendleton told police that he had locked his vehicle, with the dog inside, and was inside Wal-Mart on Liberty Highway in Anderson for roughly 10 minutes around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when the dog was taken, according to the incident report.
The dog was not missed by Ferguson until Ferguson was roughly five minutes away from the store, according to the report.
Police also report the theft of a $200 GPS system between 8:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Tuesday from an unlocked, 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan on Old Colony Road.
The thefts are in addition to roughly 100 vehicle break-ins and vehicle thefts reported since Oct. 9 to city of Anderson police and the Anderson County Sheriff's Office. So far, initial inventories of losses have exceeded $50,000.
According to 10 reports filed Wednesday with the sheriff's office, deputies recorded three vehicle thefts around 3 a.m. Wednesday on Strawberry Place in Anderson's Strawberry Ridge Subdivision.
A resident told deputies that four men were seen in a Jeep Cherokee around the time of the break-ins, according to the report.
At the same time, deputies reported two vehicle break-ins on Nates Berry Road in Anderson.
Residents reported the same Jeep Cherokee, according to the report.
And the Jeep also was spotted on Cold Berry Lane around 3 a.m. Wednesday, where three vehicles were the subjects of break-ins.
Deputies said a newspaper deliveryman who was making his rounds might have disrupted the same group when he spotted a man running from a vehicle on Bellhaven Circle in Belton.
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It sounds to me like someone did not approve of his leaving a puppy in the car and rescued it. I would recommend looking at the animal shelter or one of the rescue groups for the puppy. Hopefully it at least has some distinctive markings so he can find it.
We recently had our car broken into last Thursday. I came home to my doors wide open on my vehicle, car trashed throughout. A bike was stolen and recovered a road over from me the next morning, apparently they never learned to ride a bike. The city police dept did a fine job of coming out and getting finger prints. The very next day, a Jeep Cherokee was seen taking a picture of my house by a neighbor. I do welcome back whoever came into my yard and did this. You have quite some nerves or just plain stupid. You won't have to worry about finding a job because you'll draw 100% disable benifits if you come back. I work to hard for some idiot to take from me.
I see dogs in cars around here a lot. I take mine to the bank, drive thru or ATM. Sometimes to get gas. Never while going to a store. He could have been in line for an hour, knowing Walmart and how they work. These car thief's have to be stopped. Also, I thought the Wal had all those security cameras? What's up Wal?
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