08/12/2026
Today, we are reaching out to our community seeking help with a difficult situation.
While we have tried to resolve this without putting personal information out to the internet, we cannot allow this to go on
any longer.
Recently, an individual stole a cat from our facility.
This was done shortly before closing and using multiple distractions to our staff and while we persued them, our team was unable to catch up and safely secure the cat in question.
We have the incident on camera with full evidence to support that this was a premeditated theft as well as a confession
from the culprit.
This person was denied an adoption for multiple reasons including homelessness, lack of financial stability, and ongoing
struggles with mental health as advised by multiple references. We made contact with the individual who fully admitted to the crime and even sent photos of the cat but after multiple attempts to calmly negotiate the animal's return, they have been unable to see reason and have instead threatened their own life and the safety of staff members.
This is now not just about the cat, but also the wellfare of the individual as neither our staff, their family, or the police have been able to make contact since.
We have serious concerns for the cat's health as they were on a very important medication at the time of the abduction that they have not received since that day. We also do not take a su***de threat lightly.
For the sake of both our precious feline friend and the person responsible for taking them, we are asking for anyone with information to their whereabouts to reach out to us ASAP.
This person has ties to the Barre, Montpelier, and Burlington area and had previously been staying in Barre until the theft.
They do not have a car, but often use Lyft for travel and were couch surfing with no permanent residence that we can find.
In public, they wear a facemask and were almost always seen in a pink hoodie with pajama pants - mid-length to short dirty blonde hair, a moon tattoo on their hand, and around 27 years old.
They go by Theo Kaye - Full name Pamela Bristow Johnson
If you have any information as to their whereabouts, please call us here at the cafe, email us, or reach out to the Barre City PD.
We are offering a $500 reward to any information that leads to their whereabouts.
