Cat stolen from heartbroken owner's Westminster driveway, found and returned
A 10-month-old cat stolen from its Westminster driveway is back home Thursday after being returned to its heartbroken owner.
The Bengal Lynx named Clubber was taken last week, but has since been found and returned to its owner, Eva Corlew. The pet was recovered after police asked for the public's help tracking down the feline. Clubber was unharmed, but the suspect remains at large.
Corlew told KCAL News that Clubber disappeared last Friday night. When she checked her security cameras, she saw that a man grabbed the friendly cat by the harness and carried it into a white truck.
"I started looking through my cameras to see when the last time he was in my driveway and this where I find the man," Corlew said.
She found the AirTag she had placed on Clubber sitting on the sidewalk near Finchley Avenue, where she saw a Toyota pickup truck parked.
"I'm here at the police station today filing a report just to make it known that I did something about it and I've seen others posting their reports as well," Corlew said. "Maybe someone will see and notice this guy."
The deputy chief of the Westminster Police Department called the case unusual.
"It's very unusual to us and definitely this was a criminal act," Deputy Chief Cameron Knauerhaze said.
Corlew said she shared her story in a neighborhood chatroom and learned that similar incidents happened to people in Santa Ana.
"I feel a little scared that this person is out there stealing multiple cats, not just mine, and doing god knows what with them," said Corlew.
