Miami couple accused of stealing French bulldog, blackmailing owner

MARATHON, Fla. – A Miami couple was arrested Monday on accusations that they stole a French bulldog from a Marathon couple after which demanded $1,000 for its return.

Reinier Fuentes, 33, and Lilianne Dominguez, 26, had been arrested exterior Dadeland Mall by Miami-Dade police on costs of grand theft, dealing in stolen property and use of a two-way communication system to facilitate a felony.

In line with Adam Linhardt, a spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace, a lady notified the company on June 25 that she was receiving texts from unknown individuals demanding cash for the protected return of her husband’s feminine French bulldog/service canine Sailor.

“She acknowledged the canine had gotten out of her home earlier that day,” Linhardt stated. “She started canvassing the fifth Avenue neighborhood and posting on Fb with no luck.

“A short while later she started receiving telephone calls and texts from the suspects, later recognized as Fuentes and Dominguez, stating that they had the canine. The suspects demanded $1,000 for the canine’s protected return.”

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Linhardt stated the couple informed the girl they might meet up together with her in Miami on June 26 to provide her the canine again in trade for the cash.

Monroe County detectives then notified the Miami-Dade Police Division concerning the incident.

“The suspects despatched the feminine sufferer a number of texts on June 26, altering areas and claiming they needed to maintain the canine,” Linhardt stated. “The feminine sufferer acknowledged she would pay regardless of the value and the suspects instructed her to fulfill them at Dadeland Mall with the $1,000 or she would by no means see the canine once more.”

Linhardt stated Fuentes and Dominguez had been stopped on the mall by Miami-Dade cops and Sailor was returned to her house owners unhurt.