Updated: 9:45 AM EST January 7, 2021
EPHRATA, Pa. Two North Carolina men are facing federal charges after allegedly robbing a Lancaster County puppy breeder of five French Bulldog puppies at gunpoint in October 2020.
Christopher Lamont Stimpson, 22, and Wilbert Curtis Trey Artis III, 29, both of Greensboro, are charged with robbery which interferes with state commerce, interstate transportation of stolen goods, and related offenses, according to First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams.
The puppies were valued at more than $23,000, Williams said.
Stimpson and Artis allegedly posed as customers in order to steal the puppies at gunpoint from a breeder in Ephrata, prosecutors say.