BP MARKOWITZ TO HONOR GOOD SAMARITAN TENA COHEN, BROOKLYN TECH SPANISH TEACHER WHO RETURNED DOGNAPPED SPANIEL
4:45 P.M.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
209 JORALEMON STREET
BETWEEN COURT AND ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
On Thursday, January 17, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will issue a citation commending Tena Cohen, a Brooklyn Tech Spanish teacher, who was able to return Marley—a Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dognapping victim—to her owner, seven-year-old Mia Bendrat. Ms. Cohen, a dog owner and astute New Yorker, noticed a man trying to sell the stolen dog on the street in Manhattan. Thinking that it was suspicious and that the dog was likely stolen, Ms. Cohen paid $220 out of her own pocket. After first contacting the police—who eventually arrested the suspected dognapper—Ms. Cohen took the pooch to the vet and contacted Cavalier Dog Rescue. Mia and Marley were reunited shortly thereafter. Tena will be joined at Borough Hall by Mia, Mia's mother Angie Estrada and, of course, Marley.