Police arrest man accused of masked poodle-napping in San Mateo

Leadership arrested a man Monday accused of stealing a poodle while it was out walking with its owner San Mateo police say the dog-snatching happened shortly after a m near Palm and Hayward avenues A masked man snuck up from behind a woman who was walking the poodle and picked up the dog before unhooking it from its leash according to a news release from the police department The masked man then got into a automobile with the poodle and fled San Mateo police later pulled over the man suspected of nabbing the dog on Highway north of Marsh Road The man was arrested on suspicion of second-degree robbery while the dog was returned to its owner police noted Investigators suspect the man and the dog s owner knew each other