Amazon Driver Fired After Allegedly Attempting to Steal Customer's Dog

Mar. 15, 2025

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An Amazon driver attempting to allegedly drive off with a customer’s dog has been fired.

“As I open the door to put the package in the house, and the dog food, my daughter screams and says, ‘The Amazon guy stole our puppy,'” she told the outlet in a news story published on Friday. Currence said she immediately confronted the driver and began recording the encounter.

As for his reason for attempting to take the dog, Currence toldAtlanta News Firstthat he told her “the dog was pretty and that he would love to have a puppy.”

“But I wasn’t thinking he was going to take my puppy. With my daughter, I really have a hard time with her now because now she’s in fear that every time a delivery driver comes, they’re potentially going to take the puppy,” added Currence. Amazon spokesperson Austin Stowe confirmed to PEOPLE that the driver is no longer with the company.

Terrika Currence.Atlanta News First

Atlanta News First

“It gives me relief that he’s fired but if he’s doing things like that, I’m sure, you know it’s in his character. He’ll do it again,” she told the outlet.

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source: people.com