the klepto kitty who has become something of a national celebrity. >> hi there, dusty. >> reporter: fore strangest items showing up around their northern california home. and neighbors have noticed stuff missing. amazing stuff. jean began cataloging the enormous take from dusty's escapades, pore than 600 items so jean and jim set up a reverse yard sale to give as much as they could back. the neighbors had fun. but dusty, he didn't look happy. you don't want to give that stuff up, did you, buddy? he's upset just talking about it. >> reporter: so far the only thing that has stopped dusty in his tracks, check out this video of dusty caught red-handed when suddenly a girl cat named chloe. he didn't want to look bad for the ladies. if you want to see more of cats like dusty check out must love cats a s on animal planet. they said if they locked him up he'd get anxious and depressed. >> you're kidding me? >> that's what they said. >> okay. thanks a lot. you can see more of john's report on a special "20/20, "caught in the act." 10:00, 9:00 central. ♪ she was a schoolgirl >> barry manilow sing