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New York Post
· collected 2026-09-16 · by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, Georgett Roberts
Mary Sierra, a self-proclaimed animal lover who claims to own three rescue dogs, has been arrested and accused of stealing Jabal, a three-month-old kitten from 8th St. Mini Mart in Park Slope, New York City. Surveillance video showed two people taking the cat on Thursday morning when the store was closed. Sierra admitted to The Post that she took the cat but argues it was not theft since the store wasn’t open and neighbors had rallied to find Jabal. Despite returning the cat through her stepson, police charged her with petty larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and "companion animal stealing," releasing her on her own recognizance without bail.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-16,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Thursday morning in Brooklyn, Jabal, a three-month-old cat from the Eighth Street Mini Market in Park Slope, was abducted by a couple as he ventured outside. Surveillance footage captured the incident, showing the man and woman taking Jabal despite warnings from neighbors that the kitten belonged to the store. The bodega’s owner, Imad “Jimmy” Innab, offered a $500 reward for Jabal's return after realizing his cat was missing. After an intense search campaign involving local residents and media coverage, Jabal was returned to the market on Tuesday morning by one of the suspects through NYPD intervention. Although initially resistant to returning Jabal, the woman who took him eventually complied due to pressure from neighbors and fear of legal repercussions. The community's swift response demonstrated the importance of neighborhood solidarity in addressing local issues like this cat abduction.
Written for “Bodega Cat Kidnapping Controversy” on 2026-09-17,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
Why this leaning score
This article does not take a side on a contested political
question, so it has no leaning score. That is an
answer rather than a gap: a match report or a rescue can be warmly
or critically written without being left or right, and scoring it
anyway is how approval of a subject gets recorded as a political
position.
No political leaning scored for article 14026 · logged 2026-09-16
“I’m going to sue them for accusing me of stealing,” Mary Sierra told The Post after being released on her own recognizance.
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Sierra → go → recognizance
“I’m an animal lover.
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I → ’m → ?
I got three rescue dogs,” she said.
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she → got → dogs
I went to jail!
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I → go → jail
They locked me up, they locked me up for this s—t.
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they → lock → —
I did not steal the f—ing cat.”
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I → steal → cat
The three-month-old kitten was nabbed from 8th St. Mini Mart in Park Slope on Thursday, with surveillance video capturing two people walking away with the cat.
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people → nab → cat
Despite saying she wasn’t guilty of the charges, she did admit to The Post that she took the cat.
“That store wasn’t open at 7 a.m. I saw the cat four houses away and picked up the cat and I took him home with me,” she said.
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she → say → me
Neighbors rallied to find Jabal, until Sierra decided to return the cat to the store – but got her stepson to deliver the kitten to the 78th Precinct stationhouse on Tuesday.
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stepson → find → Tuesday
Police then took Sierra into custody, and she was charged and arraigned later in the day on charges of petty larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and “companion animal stealing,” according to a criminal complaint.
uncertain
she → take → complaint
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Report → start → news
She was released without bail.
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She → release → bail
Jabal’s owner, Imad “Jimmy” Innab, was thrilled to have the kitten back.
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owner → thrill → kitten
However, Sierra maintains she’s being railroaded.
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she → maintain → ?
“It’s embarrassing, because everybody knows I didn’t steal the f—ing cat,” she told The Post.
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she → ’ → Post
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