Three men walked into the Centennial pet store and asked the employees questions about the bulldog puppies, each worth $4,300, before staging the distraction, sheriff’s officials said.

Several suspects worked together to steal two bulldog puppies from a pet store, with one of them faking a medical episode to create a distraction.

A good samaritan returned one of the bulldog puppies that was stolen from a Denver-area pet store last week in a brazen heist caught on camera, authorities said Tuesday.