{"id":241357,"date":"2023-11-16T01:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T01:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=241357"},"modified":"2023-11-16T01:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T01:20:11","slug":"my-landlords-stole-my-dog-because-he-violated-my-lease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/my-landlords-stole-my-dog-because-he-violated-my-lease\/","title":{"rendered":"My landlords stole my dog because he violated my lease"},"content":{"rendered":"
A woman is still grieving for her beloved dog who has been missing for a year after her landlord stole him because\u00a0he violated the terms of her lease.<\/p>\n
Linnea Sandlin, from Wisconsin, lost her pooch Simon after her landlords, Susan Haas, 64, and her sister Sarah Engeseth, 62, stole him from her dog sitter’s house.<\/p>\n
The women took rat terrier Simon, and clamied they wuld try to drop him off at a pet shelter however he managed to escape and hasn’t been seen since.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sisters were found guilty of Intentional Dognapping, which is a misdemeanor in the state but faced no jail time.<\/p>\n
\u00a0‘Simon, he was like my child, I miss him and love him so much. He never can be replaced’: Linnea said to the Dane County court, according to WKOW.<\/p>\n
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A woman reveals that her landlord, Susan Haas, 64, (pictured) stole her dog because he violated the terms of her lease<\/p>\n
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The landlord had help from her sister Sarah Engeseth, 62, (pictured) when they took him from Linnea’s dog sitters house<\/p>\n
The landlords were only required to attend a first offender program.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Susan and Sarah gained possession of the pooch after they showed up at John Isaacson’s workplace, who was dog sitting for Linnea at the time.<\/p>\n
The dog was staying with John because Linnea was aware that Simon wasn’t allowed at her rental property.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
John said the woman showed him an attorney’s letter that claimed they had the authority to bring the dog to a shelter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Susan decided to bring the dog to the local Dane County Humane Society but Simon instead jumped out the back of her SUV and ran off<\/p>\n
He reluctantly complied and handed Simon over, a decision he says he has regretted since.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Susan said she would bring the dog to the local Dane County Humane Society but Simon instead jumped out the back of her SUV and ran off.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Dane County District Attorney’s office charged both Haas and Engelseth with felony party to a theft back in December.<\/p>\n
However\u00a0a month later, Assistant District Attorney Paul Humphrey announced the charges would be reduced to misdemeanors.<\/p>\n
According to The New York Post\u00a0Susan said: ‘I feel the punishment against them is wrong, It went from a felony to a misdemeanor and now it’s probably going to be nothing at all in the end.’<\/p>\n
‘I often wonder where the justice is in this, I will always be the victim.’<\/p>\n