‘He is literally my everything’: Woman’s 2-year-old French Bulldog stolen while on walk in Southeast DC

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said yet another French Bulldog was stolen in the District.

Now, police and the dog’s owner are asking the community for help in bringing him home.

On June 29 at about 8:20 p.m., MPD said a woman was walking her dog, “Yurman,” in the 1700 block of Fort Davis Street SE when someone approached her with a gun.

“I screamed,” Jaineen Brown said as she recounted the incident in an interview. “My dog was four or five, six feet ahead of me because he’s on a leash. They grabbed my dog by the back of his head.”

The suspect took Yurman and fled the scene in what Brown described as a black Honda Accord.

She said this was not the first time someone had tried taking Yurman from her – people had tried to take him four times before Saturday night’s incident.

“This one, they got me,” she said.

Brown said someone first tried taking him from her porch when he was a puppy. In the most recent attempt, she recalled walking Yurman when someone pulled up next to her in a car.

“He had pulled next to me real slow and said ‘That’s a Frenchie,'” Brown said.

Burglars have targeted French Bulldogs in recent months throughout the District. In late March, a 4-year-old French Bulldog named Recardito was in his owner’s car when someone took him. He was reunited with his owner the next day – something Brown is hopeful for.

“He is my emotional support dog. I’m from Akron, Ohio – don’t have very much family here at all, so he is literally my everything,” she said.

“I just want my dog home,” she continued. “I want Yurman back in his happy place and back home with me.”

MPD said the dog is described as a 2-year-old French Bulldog named “Yurman.”

The dog, the suspect and their vehicle can be seen in the picture below:

Anyone who can identify the suspect or has information about the incident is asked to call MPD at (202) 727-9099 or text a tip to the department’s tip line at 5011. A reward of up to $10,000 is offered to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

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