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.

Three men allegedly staged a medical emergency to steal two bulldog puppies from Colorado pet store Perfect Pets on Sunday, Feb. 23, a Perfect Pets employee tells PEOPLE.

A man who reportedly faked a seizure to distract pet store employees so his partners could steal two puppies has been arrested, Colorado officials said. Three men walked into the Perfect Pets store in Centennial a “few minutes apart” from one another on Feb. 23, according to a news release from Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.