Monday, June 22, 2026
34.8 C
New Delhi

‘Horrible’: Amazon bans delivery worker who stole a cat from California home

'Horrible': Amazon bans delivery worker after doorbell footage revealed he stole a cat from California home

Amazon said it had banned the delivery worker who allegedly stole Piper, a Siamese mix cat, from outside of a residence in California, where he went to drop a package. The incident was caught on the doorbell camera and after the video was shared on social media, the old theory that Haitian migrants were eating cats made a return. The theft took place on December 11. The cat was outside the door when the delivery worker came and approached the person. The man petted the cat and then picked it up and took away. Diane Huff-Medina, the owner of the cat, said it is microchipped but was not wearing the collar at that time. “This was a horrible act, and we’ve apologized to Ms Huff-Medina,” Amazon spokesman Louie Tran said. “The Amazon Flex delivery partner in question is no longer eligible to deliver to our customers. We’re in touch with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office to share relevant information with them and we’ll continue to support their investigation.”The cat had not been returned while authorities confirmed that the driver was identified and charges will be imposed. Huff-Medina said she didn’t realize Piper, who lived indoors and outdoors, had vanished until the next day when she saw her Ring doorbell footage. “It’s a helpless feeling because we watched her get taken, so I don’t know where she is or if she’s OK,” she said. “I just want my cat back for myself and for my kids, especially. I have three little boys who love her. We want her back,” she added.The name of the suspect has not been revealed but he is a 37-year-old, police said. The man told the police that he thought he was a stray cat and that’s why he took it. Police saoid that the man claimed that the cat was not with him as it got restless and jumped out of his truck. Huff-Medina, however, said it looked like the cat was resisting and the man forcefully took it.

Go to Source

Hot this week

15 killed, all in their 20s, as blaze rips through gaming studio in Lucknow building

The blaze engulfed a commercial building housing a pet shop, library, and gaming studio LUCKNOW: At least 15 people, most of them student trainees and staff of a gaming and animation studio, were killed and nine others were injured Read More

NEET-UG retest: Leak video fake, hunt on for its creators

Representative image NEW DELHI: Dismissing as fake a viral video claiming the June 21 NEET-UG retest question paper had been leaked on the Telegram application, the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) Monday initiated action t Read More

Four fertiliser ships exit Strait of Hormuz, head to India

Four fertiliser ships exit Hormuz NEW DELHI: Four ships carrying around 1. Read More

Pankaj Tripathi rushes to Patna; brother’s condition stable

Pankaj Tripathi rushes to Patna after elder brother suffers multiple injuries in axe attack over property dispute in Bihar; condition stable (Image credits: Instagram) Pankaj Tripathi has rushed to Patna after his elder brother, Vij Read More

Anti-ICE protester waving upside-down US flag hit by car in New Jersey: Video

The protester was waving an upside-down American flag when she was hit, video shows. Read More

Topics

15 killed, all in their 20s, as blaze rips through gaming studio in Lucknow building

The blaze engulfed a commercial building housing a pet shop, library, and gaming studio LUCKNOW: At least 15 people, most of them student trainees and staff of a gaming and animation studio, were killed and nine others were injured Read More

NEET-UG retest: Leak video fake, hunt on for its creators

Representative image NEW DELHI: Dismissing as fake a viral video claiming the June 21 NEET-UG retest question paper had been leaked on the Telegram application, the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) Monday initiated action t Read More

Four fertiliser ships exit Strait of Hormuz, head to India

Four fertiliser ships exit Hormuz NEW DELHI: Four ships carrying around 1. Read More

Pankaj Tripathi rushes to Patna; brother’s condition stable

Pankaj Tripathi rushes to Patna after elder brother suffers multiple injuries in axe attack over property dispute in Bihar; condition stable (Image credits: Instagram) Pankaj Tripathi has rushed to Patna after his elder brother, Vij Read More

Anti-ICE protester waving upside-down US flag hit by car in New Jersey: Video

The protester was waving an upside-down American flag when she was hit, video shows. Read More

US visa denied: ‘Have you watched yesterday’s FIFA match?’

A Redditor shared US visa interview (tourist visa) experience in Delhi. An individual wants a tourist visa to the US to watch the FIFA final. The visa officer asks him whether he watched last night’s match. Read More

NEET-UG 2026 war room: Centre that kept an eye on retest across 5,440 centres

NEET war room NEW DELHI: Long before candidates reached NEET-UG exam centres Sunday, the day’s first feeds were already streaming into NTA’s Okhla headquarters, where, sources said, around 250 observers had taken their pl Read More

MEA: Doval, Wang hold ‘forward looking’ talks

New Delhi: National security adviser Ajit Doval held “constructive” talks Monday with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi focusing on key aspects of bilateral engagement, including progress in the normalisation of the ties t Read More

Related Articles