Crime & Safety

Man Arrested For Stealing Yorkie From Its Queens Home

A Maspeth man was arrested for stealing a Yorkshire Terrier named Jeter from the front porch of a Queens home.

A Maspeth man was arrested for stealing this Yorkshire Terrier, Jeter, from the front porch of a Queens home.
A Maspeth man was arrested for stealing this Yorkshire Terrier, Jeter, from the front porch of a Queens home. (NYPD)

MASPETH, QUEENS — This Queens dog snatcher was barking up the wrong tree.

Police have found and arrested the man who stole a Yorkshire Terrier named Jeter from the front porch of a Maspeth home the afternoon of June 5.

Maspeth resident Jonathan Coronado, 30, faces a grand larceny charge for the Yorkie nabbing, police said. He was arrested Tuesday evening.

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The Yorkie is back safe and sound in its home by 50th Avenue and 66th Street.

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