Stephanie Stullich of Beltsville Community Cats, a shelter in Maryland, received a call from Pet Supplies Plus that one of their kittens has been stolen from the store. She went down to the store and saw police cars arriving from all directions. She thought, "Wow, that's a heck of a response for a stolen cat." But there was more to the story.
On Monday, July 13th, a yet-unnamed man came into the pet supply store and stole the kitten. Employees said he had been there many times, showing great interest in the three-month old tuxedo kitten named Magnolia. Then he went across the parking lot to a bank and tried to rob it! He asked the bank manager to hold the kitten while he wrote a note, which was a note to the teller demanding money. He didn't get away with it.
Magnolia was stashed in the manager's office until she could be picked up, and was not hurt in the incident. Since she is no longer listed at the shelter's PetFinder page, we assume that the publicity of her adventure led her to a permanent home. Read or listen to the story at I Heart Radio. -via Strange Company
(Image credit: Beltsville Community Cats at Facebook)
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