Couple heartbroken after they say 2 children, woman stole their cat

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A South Philadelphia couple is heartbroken after they say two children and a woman stole their beloved cat.
Andrew Mojica and Doiminique Kalpakidou say their cat, Artemis, or Artie, was like the neighborhood cat and spent most of his time outdoors visiting with friends and neighbors. They realized something was wrong Saturday night when they let Artie out and he didn't come home.
"He loves being in and out. He knows where home is. He never leaves our block," Mojica explained.
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All right, now to the search for a
beloved cat that was stolen from a
neighborhood in South Philadelphia.
Artemis was last seen Saturday night.
Ring doorbell camera captured the moment
two teenage boys picked him up and then
took off with him. Actions reporter
Becca Hendrickson has the story. The
owners say Arty is really like the
neighborhood pet. He spends most of his
time outside on this small South
Philadelphia block. They never expected
anyone, let alone two kids, to come onto
their block, catnap him, and drive away.
Got another one. A proclamation from two
kids who appear to steal a beloved pet
named Artemis, or Arty. He loves being
just in and out. He always knows where
home is. He never leaves our block.
Andrew Moik and his wife Dominique
adopted Arty 2 years ago after he kept
popping up at their house. He's a big
part of our family. Surveillance video
from Saturday night shows the juveniles
come onto the 1500 block of South Hick
Street in South Philadelphia around
8:15. They pet Art and heard him down
the block. Minutes later, they grabbed
him. Dominique quickly realized
something was wrong. I checked on the
Air Tag on my phone and noticed that the
location said City Hall. She checked
their Ring video and saw the catnapping.
Andrew followed the Air Tag and says he
confronted a woman driving the two kids.
She didn't want to hear anything I had
to say. I said, "Um, you have my cat."
Uh, she said, "We're fine. Thank you."
He says they removed Arty's collar and
air tag, dropping it in Hunting Park.
He's since been on a mission to find his
cat, filing a police report. Did you see
all the videos? But the neighborhood is
invested in the investigation, too. He's
human. Everybody loved him. You know,
he's uh actually a part of the family.
Some doing their own detective work.
Maybe we can look at the locations, go
around the streets and stuff. Others,
please accept this donation towards the
reward money. have helped raise more
than $1,000 for a reward for Arty's
return. It's been a roller coaster. I'll
say that. We're not giving up. Um, we
are going up there every day. We're
getting more and more leads and we're
going to continue to keep trying.
They're not giving up and they're
looking for more help, too. The owners
are organizing a search party to bring
Arty home this Saturday. In South
Philadelphia, Becca Hendrickson, Channel
6 Action News.
