Bank robbery suspect allegedly steals kitten, asks employee to hold it before demanding cash

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A Maryland antheral allegedly stole a 3-month-old kitten from a favored store, carried her into a adjacent slope and asked an worker to clasp the carnal moments earlier handing a teller a enactment demanding cash, according to constabulary and a section feline rescue.

The kitten, named Magnolia, was recovered unharmed aft Prince George's County constabulary arrested the suspect.

Beltsville Community Cats aboriginal joked connected Facebook that her little "life of crime" was over.

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Magnolia, a 3-month-old tuxedo kitten, was recovered unharmed aft constabulary accidental a antheral stole her from a Maryland favored store earlier attempting to rob a adjacent bank. (Beltsville Community Cats via Facebook)

The 3-month-old kitten, described by Beltsville Community Cats arsenic a "true purr machine," is inactive looking for a everlastingly location aft her improbable brushwood with an attempted slope robbery.

Security camera video obtained by NBC Washington shows a antheral wearing a light-colored T-shirt and achromatic beanie entering Pet Supplies Plus connected Baltimore Avenue earlier moving retired seconds aboriginal carrying the black-and-white tuxedo kitten.

Witnesses told the outlet the antheral ran straight to the adjacent PNC Bank successful the aforesaid buying center.

Stephanie Stullich, with Beltsville Community Cats rescue, said she received a frantic telephone telephone astir 10:30 a.m. from favored store employees reporting Magnolia had been taken from the adoption area.

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Magnolia, a 3-month-old tuxedo kitten, remains disposable for adoption done Beltsville Community Cats aft her antithetic relation successful a failed slope robbery. (Petfinder / Beltsville Community Cats)

"I instantly saw each of these constabulary cars, and I thought, 'Wow, that's a heck of a effect for a stolen cat,'" Stullich told NBC Washington. "But past I realized they each were going down to the bank."

According to Stullich, constabulary officers aboriginal told her the fishy walked into the slope holding Magnolia earlier asking an employee, "Can you clasp this?" He past allegedly handed a teller a enactment demanding cash.

Prince George's County constabulary confirmed they took a antheral into custody astatine the bank.

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Magnolia, a 3-month-old tuxedo kitten, was recovered harmless aft constabulary arrested a antheral accused of stealing her earlier attempting to rob a Maryland bank. (Beltsville Community Cats via Facebook; Petfinder)

Pet Supplies Plus manager Aaron Kurkowski told NBC Washington the fishy had visited the store astir each time for the past mates of weeks and routinely headed consecutive for Magnolia.

"He conscionable went close to her and ran close connected out," Kurkowski said.

The rescue aboriginal posted connected Facebook that Magnolia was recovered safely aft the rescue said she bonded with the slope manager during the ordeal.

"The robbery was unsuccessful, the fishy was arrested, and Magnolia was recovered harmless and sound," the enactment wrote.

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The rescue said Magnolia remains disposable for adoption and describes the 3-month-old tuxedo kitten arsenic affectionate and playful, adding that she loves cuddles, adventures and pursuing her radical around. Because she's truthful societal and energetic, the radical recommends she beryllium adopted into a location with different young, playful feline oregon alongside 1 of its different cats.

"She's looking for a law-abiding national with a batch of emotion successful their heart," Stullich told NBC Washington.

Jasmine Baehr is simply a breaking quality writer for Fox News Digital, wherever she covers politics, the military, ineligible debates surrounding beingness and household policy, arsenic good arsenic religion and culture.

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