I love the Apolitical Pooch, who is the best (and most spoiled) child-substitute a couple could possibly have. That said, I donÂ’t know that I would ever go to these lengths to get her back if she ended up in the pound.

A Glen Carbon man didn't have money to bail his dog out of the county pound, so he busted him out instead, police said.

Things got messy, though. Police said they suspect he first mistook the Humane Society for the pound and broke in there, then released three other canines with his dog to cover his tracks.

Madison County prosecutors filed burglary charges Tuesday against Thomas P. Carroll, 20, who is accused of breaking into the county's Animal Control Department building in rural Edwardsville to get back his dog, a Weimaraner named Titus.

Sheriff's deputies were called Monday to the Animal Control building in rural Edwardsville and the neighboring Metro East Humane Society building. Both buildings had been burglarized. Nothing was missing from the Humane Society building, but four dogs were missing from the Animal Control building.

Carroll was identified as the owner of one of the missing dogs. He had been notified a few days earlier that the Animal Control Department had his dog, but he said he wasn't able to pay a $125 fine required to get Titus back.

Detectives think Carroll broke into the Humane Society building first, thinking his dog was there. They also suspect he released the three other dogs at the Animal Control building as a diversion. The three other dogs were found nearby.

Carroll remained Tuesday in the county jail with bail set at $50,000 by Circuit Judge Charles Romani Jr.

Titus, located at the home of CarrollÂ’s parents in another county, is awaiting extradition.

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