upi.com Wrote:NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A New York woman said a low-reaching mugger took her dog's $25 green wool coat while the pet was tied up in front of a store.
Donna McPherson, 42, said she was inside Ace Supermarket "for 2 minutes" and when she returned she found someone had taken the wool coat with leather trim and belt from Lexie, her 10-year-old Westie, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
"How could anyone steal a coat off someone's back in the freezing cold?" McPherson said. "I asked him, 'Where's your coat?' like he could answer me. I looked all over and could not find it."
McPherson said she has been canvassing for witnesses and clues but she does not believe police would take the crime seriously.
She said she took Lexie shopping to cheer him up.
"I felt so bad, I bought him two new coats," she said.