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STOCKTON (CBS13) – A family was stunned after discovering thieves had cleaned out their home of valuables and electronics during a bold daylight robbery, but the theft of their dog during the heist was almost too much to bear.

The family’s Pomeranian dog, named Gizmo, was stolen out of their Stockton home Friday morning along with their television and video game consoles.

Police have not yet made any arrests in the incident, but witnesses reported seeing two suspects leaving the scene in a green minivan with an Ed Hardy sticker on the back.

Homeowner Jolene Eckels said the loss of the dog feels like the loss of a family member, and said she won’t ask any questions if Gizmo is returned to their home.

“I don’t care if you bring him in the middle of the night and drop him off. I really don’t care about whatever else you have,” Jolene said. “The kids, it’s a part of the family, it’s like another kid.”

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  • gna

    Just makes you fall to pieces to see people suffer from the actions of gutter trash

  • hot mover

    As far as I am concerned that is child abduction and the rotten POS should be hung in the square!

  • hot mover

    that is the town square.

  • Mary Ostic Lee

    check kennels and pound may have just got out when they were there and got scared hope pup is found

  • gary

    BS mac, the POS need to be executed in the slowest, most painful way possible. I know I’d do that to anyone who hurts or takes my Yorkies !!!!

  • MARTY

    IT ‘IS’ A KID, stupid! In fact, it’s better than a kid! (NOT? NTO?)
    A pet can be so loved as to kill it’s owner when it dies! The paid is devastating. Maybe you’ve never had one – or loved one.

    AND, smarty pants, HUNG is for a lot of things (Hung over!) LOOK IT UP YOURSELF! (He hung around for awhile.) It is the past and past participle of ‘hang’.

  • Mac

    Some of you have some pent-up anger and it sounds like you really do want to kill people. That is sad.
    I hope you get over it, work through your anger issues, and have a nice Christmas.
    And I hope this family gets its dog back too, and that if it was taken, that they punish those responsible.

  • Seriously

    Ok… so you live in Stockton and are supprised that some one broke into your home and stole everything you own? Realy? Is that a shock?

  • Selmers

    Wow, Marty! You just failed miserably at trying to sound smart.

  • JoAnn

    It’s sad how people don’t get that our pets are family to some of us. I wonder if this was an expensive dog or they thought so then they may have tried to sell it – if not they will leave it somewhere. At any rate someone knows. I can’t imagine that they would purposely hurt a little puppy. I just hope the little guy gets his little Gismo back before Christmas.

  • http://myjourneytoistanbul.wordpress.com carissa311

    He probably escaped during the robbery. I doubt he was stolen. Regardless, this is absolutely devastating. I have a pomeranian and he’s my everything. I couldn’t imagine!

  • Sam

    Great description of the suspects as usual you morons!

  • Ryder

    catch ‘em, shoot ‘em.

  • katie matthews -bobbitt

    how can neighbors see someone cleaning out a house and not notice in daylight? people who steal anything are losers,and taking a family pet is like taking a family member,how can some people be so cold? if anyone in the neighborhood gets any info ,it will be found out and so will u losers! chances are its a friend of a friend,sadly.when my uncle bubba passed away the neighborhood punks came right into his yard and stole his boat,,,,,,,,,,yeah thats right rick spears….got busted too didnt u asswhipe! these are the kind of people that will stop this low! i hope u find them and hang em high!

  • JOLENE ECKLES SHAFER

    THIS IS THE PERSON WHOS HOUSE IN STOCKTON THAT GOT ROBBED, YES I SAID STOCKTON!!! IT SOULDENT MATTER WHERE I LIVE THERE IS TRASH IN ALL CITYS. WE ARE DEVISTATED AND IF SOME OF U, AND U KNOW WHO U ARE,{SERIOUSLY} CAN GET PASSED YOUR IGNORANCE MAY BE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SITUATION IS STRAIGHT WRONG, NO MATTER WHO U ARE OR WHERE U LIVE, AND ITS PEOPLE WHO ARE AS IGNORANT AS U THAT CANT GET PASSED THEMSELFS THAT CAN DO THINGS LIKE THIS TO A HARD WORKING FAMILY AND NOT CARE. THOSE OF U THAT CAN UNDERSTAND THANK U FOR ALL THE SUPPORT!!

  • JoAnn

    Those of us that can sympathize with your pain – will you let us know if you get your puppy back? We are all hoping you get a Christmas wish :)

  • SHONEY DEL RIO

    YES JOANN WE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF WE GET GIZMO BACK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT :)

  • SHONEY DEL RIO

    @ SERIOUSLY….YOU MUST BE A MISERABLE HEARTLESS B* TO SIT AND WATCH MY NEPHEW CRY HIS HEART OUT BEGGING FOR HIS PUPPY AND ALL YOU WANA DO IS POST IGNORANT COMMENTS IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE BECAUSE BELIEVE ME THERES TROUBLE WHERE YOUR FROM TOO…THIS GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE NO COMMON SENSE AT ALL…IF I WERE YOU I WOULDNT BE SO SURE THAT YOU ARENT THE NEXT ONE TO BE ROBBED I BELIEVE GOD WORKS IN WIERD WAYS AND HE MIGHT TEACH YOU A LESSON FOR BEING SO COLD HEARTED…AND IF SOMETHING BAD EVER HAPPENS TO YOU I HOPE MY NEPHEWS CRYING FACE COMES TO YOUR MIND!!!

  • Todd Chinchiolo

    I Hope the Stockton police department find that robbery and lock that robbery up in jail and i hope gismo come back home be for Christmas day

  • JOLENE

    THANK YOU TODD!!

  • JOLENE

    WERE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED, MY SIS N LAW AND I JUST PUT FLYERS OUT ALL OVER SO WE ARE HOPING FOR THE BEST!! THANK YOU

  • Tia

    What makes you think the neighbors were home? Even in this economy there are people who have jobs and go to work. That is why robberies take place during the day, because the thieves are less likely to be seen during normal work hours. If they stole the dog I hope that it is found but it is more likely that the dog got spooked and ran out of the house while the door was open. Unless they knew someone they could sell the dog to it makes no sense for them to steal it.

  • No, not seriously

    You’re right that it doesn’t matter where you live, but the fact remains that no one is surprised to hear about a robbery or a murder in Stockton. Instead of posting your temper tantrum here, maybe you could do something positive to help your family instead of ranting like an immature child on a public forum. I would have thought you and your family would have more important things to do than this. Maybe learning how to turn off the caps lock key and stop abusing the English language are things you can work towards in the New Year since you have nothing else to do than to troll websites to see what people are posting about your “family”.

  • No, not seriously

    Don’t you have better things to do with your time, Jolene? You calling someone else ignorant is the very picture of the pot calling the kettle black. Yes, there is trash in all cities and only trash chooses to live with other trash.

  • Jolene

    Well seriously, u are proof that there is ignorance in all walks of life,but i dont blame u,i blame your parents who dont teach you any better,but u are an adult now u should know right from wrong, but if not heres a little lesson your parent should have tought u,dont speak unless spoken too,stay out of grown folks business,if someone looks different dont stare,if it dont belong to u dont take it,if u dont have nothing nice to say dont say it at all.. Sence your parent didnt teach u right society will and its cutthrout out here,right to the point we dont expect people to be surprised,that wasent the point of this news link, your not that bright so i undersand. But it was that no matter what was took, all we would like back is our pup. Good luck in life it sounds like u need it,ignorance dont get u to far in life.

  • Linda

    It is past, not passed.

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