Neighbor convicted of euthanizing sick man's dog

PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh woman has been convicted of stealing the dog belonging to her cancer-stricken neighbor, and paying to have it euthanized.

An Allegheny County jury on Friday convicted 58-year-old Gisele Paris of theft, receiving stolen property and cruelty to animals.

Prosecutors say Paris stole a Siberian husky named Thor from the neighbor's yard on Thanksgiving 2013 because she believed it was being neglected, despite assurances to the contrary from a humane society officer.

The dog's owner has stage 3 esophageal cancer. He says the dog had health problems but wasn't suffering.

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