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Gus the skateboarding bulldog has been missing since last October. (Photo provided)
Albrecht
Police have arrested a Carmel man on theft charges stemming from the disappearance of a popular skateboarding English bulldog named Gus.
Carmel Police said Monday that Reid Albrecht, 22, of Carmel already was serving a six-month sentence on drug charges when he was arrested on the new charges and is being held in the Hamilton County Jail with a bond set at $5,000.
Gus disappeared from his owners’ front yard on Oct. 6. Several witnesses told police they remembered seeing Albrecht with a bulldog matching Gus’ description. Police say Albrecht told people he adopted the bulldog, but neither the Indianapolis nor the Hamilton County Humane Society had a record of him adopting an animal.
Gus’ whereabouts remain unknown. The dog’s owners have offered a $4,000 reward on a Facebook page that also features clips of Gus skateboarding.