Police are looking for suspects for dog theft

WILKES-BARRE — City police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who allegedly took a woman's dog from a store on North Pennsylvania Avenue late Wednesday night.

The woman told police she left her dog, named Diesel, outside a store at 424 N. Pennsylvania Ave. just before 11:30 p.m. left behind to go in and purchase an item

As the woman left the store, she noticed her dog was missing.

Surveillance cameras recorded a man waving to the dog before walking away with the dog, police reported.

The dog is brown and three years old.

Anyone who can identify the man in the picture is asked to call Wilkes-Barre City Police at 570-208-1054.