Group steals dog from Kroger parking lot, social media post leads police to them

Police say a group of teenagers stole a French bulldog dog that wandered into a store parking lot after jumping from its owner’s car.

Detectives tracked down the suspected dog sleepers through a social media post.

Police said the dog’s owner left his dog with his car window slightly open when he went shopping.

The dog managed to open the door all the way, jumped out and was kidnapped a few minutes later.

Security video shows a group of teenagers after picking up a dog named Coco walking outside a Gwinnett County Kroger store on March 23.

“Apparently the dog managed to push the button to open the window and got out and walked towards the store.” said Ryan Winderweedle with the Gwinnett County Police Department.

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Police said the group left with Coco in their car and posted on social media about taking the dog.

With this video, police were able to identify a woman in the group. An officer went to his house.

“You have a dog, right?” Det. Garcia, of the Gwinnett County Police Department, asked the woman.

“No, he’s not with me,” the woman said.

“Well, who has it?” Garcia asked the woman.

“We gave the dog to a man who said it was his, and I didn’t steal the dog. We found the dog,” the woman told Garcia.

Police said the woman’s story didn’t make sense. Eventually another member of the family led police to the dog.

Officers then handed Coco over to her owner, David Fisher, who was excited to bring his pup home.

Two young women in this group were arrested and charged with theft, a misdemeanor, for lost or misplaced property, police said.

French bulldogs are one of the most stolen breeds in the country.