Thieves throw dog some meat, rob house

27/Feb/2012

By Mark Donaldson, Wanneroo Times

Comments: 4 readers have left a comment

This dog was given a feed while thieves burgled his owner's home.

DARING thieves threw a piece of meat to a 55kg alsatian and locked him in a courtyard while they burgled his owner’s Joondalup home on February 18.

Lloyd Gaunt had been out on a Saturday night and arrived home about 10.30pm to discover his glass front door had been smashed in.

Mr Gaunt said the intruders had used ox-tails to entice his dog outside, while they stole private documents, as well as jewellery and electrical products.

Oddly, a two-litre bottle of orange juice was also among the items taken.

“I had to take my kids and my dog to my partner’s house because they were quite scared,” he said.

He faced identity theft concerns because his traveller’s credit card and family passports were stolen in the burglary.

A file full of business documents was also taken.

“That’s what my biggest problem was… I had to cancel all my passports, my credit cards and my internet banking,” he said.

Det Sgt Ray Burton said he did not consider Joondalup worse than anywhere else for burglaries.

What everyone else is thinking

Graham

06/03/2012

thats exactly what happen to our puppy in mullaloo, it died within 4 hours, the vet could do nothing and said it was meat poisoned with rat poison that is readily available and can bought over the counter. He said our puppy had picked the meat up either because someone tossed it around our place, or at the dog beach.

valerie woodruffe

03/03/2012

Beware, someone tried to posion our puppies with posioned meat, its not just thieves enticing dogs away with some meat

Private

02/03/2012

We have also been burgled and also orange juice out of the fridge was taken as well as electrical goods. But did not take documents. I hope they get whats coming to them.