{"id":311427,"date":"2026-10-22T00:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311427\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T00:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:50:07","slug":"thats-jamals-everything-family-of-disabled-north-philly-man-searching-for-his-stolen-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311427\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That\u2019s Jamal\u2019s everything\u2019: Family of disabled North Philly man searching for his stolen dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 A companion dog for a disabled North Philadelphia man was stolen outside a corner store this week and his family is asking for the pooch\u2019s safe return.<\/p>\n

Diane Newman’s 47-year-old Jamal has cerebral palsy, which severely limits his speech and mobility. She said Jamal’s little dog Kodi, a 3-year-old tan shih tzu mix, is more than a pet \u2014 he\u2019s Jamal\u2019s best friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes he’ll go to sleep in the bed with Jamal,\u201d Newman said. \u201cJamal has a recliner in his room; he will go sit with Jamal. That’s Jamal’s companion. That’s Jamal’s everything. He loves Kodi.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, a family member took Kodi for a walk and tied Kodi to a pole outside a store at Berks and Van Pelt streets. While the family member was inside the store, someone took the dog.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/ Diane Newman<\/p>\n

Newman said she is doing everything she can to find the dog, who is microchipped. <\/p>\n

\u201cI went to all the animal shelters,\u201d she said. \u201cFacebook, Instagram. I went and put posters all over the neighborhood. Made phone calls. I went street to street, asking anybody if they saw my son’s dog.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also filed a police report. <\/p>\n

Jamal is aware of what\u2019s happening and sad over his missing dog,\u201d Newman said, \u201cbut I’m keeping him away from social media.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone who has seen Kodi or has information on his whereabouts can call 215-776-9297.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 A companion dog for a disabled North Philadelphia man was stolen outside a corner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,15321,69,71,70,67259,209],"class_list":["post-311427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-crime","tag-disability","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-stolen-dog","tag-theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}