Cambridge Teen Arrested After Car Stolen With Dog Inside

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A teenage boy from Cambridge was taken into custody Wednesday morning on charges relating to the theft of a car with a dog inside, Cambridge Police said in a news release Wednesday.

The boy stole the car after a woman left it unlocked with the keys inside in the parking lot of the TJ Maxx on Harvard Street Saturday afternoon, police said. When the woman left the store around 4:15 p.m., she realized that her car had been stolen with her dog still inside.

Authorities issued a “Be on the Lookout” alert for the 2017 BMW, and within 15 minutes officials received a call that the car had been spotted near Amherst and Wadsworth Streets in Cambridge, police said.

The driver got out of the car, pushed the dog out, then returned and backed up in the car—nearly injuring three students—and drove off towards Memorial Drive, police said. It was found parked and unoccupied on Winter Street just after 5:30 p.m.

Both the dog and the stolen BMW were returned to the owner later that night, according to police.

A description given for the suspect matched the description of a Cambridge teenager who was arrested last week for a carjacking out of Medford in February, police said. The teenager was taken into custody for warrants from multiple juvenile courts and additional charges from Cambridge Police are expected to follow.