Dog Mugged For Wool Coat

A New York woman said a mugger took her dog’s $25 green wool coat while the pet was tied up in front of a store. Donna McPherson said she was inside Ace Supermarket “for 2 minutes,” and when she returned she found someone had taken the wool coat with leather trim and belt from Lexie, her 10-year-old Westie. “How could anyone steal a coat off someone’s back in the freezing cold?” McPherson said. McPherson said she has been canvassing for witnesses and clues, but doesn’t believe police would take the crime seriously. She said she took Lexie shopping to cheer him up. “I felt so bad, I bought him two new coats,” she said.