Thief tries to rob bank in Beltsville [Maryland] with stolen kitten in hand [View all]
Source: NBC4 Washington
Prince George's County
Thief tries to rob bank in Beltsville with stolen kitten in hand
The man was arrested and the kitten, who is up for adoption, made it through unharmed.
By Jackie Bensen • Published July 14, 2026 • Updated on July 14, 2026 at 1:06 am
A man grabbed a kitten from the adoption area of a Maryland pet store, then allegedly tried to use her to rob a nearby bank. News4’s Jackie Bensen breaks down what happened.
A man grabbed a kitten from the adoption area of a Maryland pet store, then allegedly tried to use her to rob a nearby bank. ... But it was far from the purr-fect crime — police were on the scene in minutes, and the kitten, named Magnolia, came through it all unharmed.
Security camera video shows a man wearing a light-colored t-shirt and black beanie walking into Pet Supplies Plus on Baltimore Avenue in Beltsville, Maryland. Seconds later, he ran out clutching a black and white kitten. ... Witnesses said he kept running straight for the PNC Bank in the same shopping center. ... Stephanie Stullich of Beltsville Community Cats rescue was nearby when she got a call from a very alarmed store employee around 10:30 a.m. They said someone used the key hanging nearby to open the cat adoption area and take 3-month-old Magnolia.. ... Stullich drove over immediately.
“Immediately saw all of these police cars, and I thought, ‘Wow, that's a heck of a response for a stolen cat,’ but then I realized they all were going down to the bank,” she said. “[…] They came back out a few minutes later and said, ‘Yes, there is a cat inside the bank.’ Apparently he went into the bank with the cat in his arms, and he walked up to a bank employee and said, ‘Can you hold this?’ And then he wrote a note and handed it to a bank teller and it said, essentially, give me all your cash.”
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Hat tip, Andrew Beaujon of the Washingtonian
https://washingtonian.com/2026/07/14/iran-war-again-ice-shooting-maine-kitten-bank-robbery/
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