WASHINGTON — Who would steal from a group that trains puppies as service dogs for veterans? That’s what the staff at the Warrior Canine Connection and the Maryland Natural Resources Police want to know.
Candy Thomson, with the NRP, says that over the weekend, someone broke into a machine shed at the organization’s future training facility on Seneca State Park property in Germantown, used a chain saw to slice through a padlocked chain securing the shed’s door and took off with the ATV.
“And they took the chain saw while they were at it,” says Thomson.
The ATV itself doesn’t have a WCC logo on it, but Molly Morelli, director of dog programs for Warrior Canine Connection, says, “Our property is clearly marked ‘Warrior Canine Connection’.”
Morelli says it’s plain that the shed housed WCC property — including the ATV.
“Whoever took it knew exactly where they were stealing from,” says Morelli.
Morelli says the red Kawasaki four-wheeler has black tape on the seats. Thomson says the vehicle had been previously registered in Pennsylvania and had been moved to Maryland, but had not yet been registered in Maryland.
The ATV has been used in the renovation of the Germantown property, which will be home to the organization that breeds, raises and trains service dogs for veterans. WCC is currently operating in Brookeville and just graduated 14 dogs. Morelli says 45 dogs are currently in training for use as service dogs.
Police say anyone with tips about the stolen ATV should call their 24-hour communications line at 410-260-8888. Thomson says anyone offering a tip can remain anonymous.
STOLEN! 1997 Red Kawasaki 4-Wheeler. We arrived to our future Healing Quarters today to find that our machine shed had…
Posted by Warrior Canine Connection on Monday, October 26, 2015
