UPDATED: Rocco, a Jack Russell Terrier, has been found and will be reunited with his owner at 5 p.m., per Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The Bayonne Police Department is seeking the public’s help to locate a handful of individuals who stole a dog from someone’s porch on Monday evening.
On Monday, July 24th, at approximately 6:20 p.m., a Jack Russell Terrier named Rocco was secured with a leash on the porch of a residence in the area of 41st Street and Avenue E, according to Police Capt. Eric Amato.
The five individuals (four pictured above) were seen unleashing Rocco, removing him from the porch, and leaving the area. They then boarded a Hudson-Bergen Light Rail train at the 45th Street station in Bayonne bound for Hoboken.
Once at the Hoboken stop, they boarded a PATH train and exited at the 14th Street stop in Manhattan.
If anyone can identify the people in the photographs or has any information regarding this incident and/or Rocco’s whereabouts, please contact the Bayonne Police Detective Bureau at 201-858-6925.
Anonymous tips are accepted by dialing 1-877-900-TIPS (8477) or sending a text to 274637 with keyword TIPBPD along with your message.
He’s home