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UPDATE***** Lady Gaga's Dogs Recovery

KingstonsMom — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:54:18 GMT

Lady Gaga's 2 French Bulldogs that were stolen this week were tied to a pole in an alley, miles from where they were dognapped, and the finder is in for a big reward ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... they believe the woman who found the dogs is a Good Samaritan who happened upon the dogs and recognized them from all the media attention. We're told the woman saw the email address we posted from Gaga and said she found the dogs, and she was advised to take them to a nearby police station. The dogs are fine.

As we reported, police believe the woman has no involvement in the dognapping so she deposited the dogs at the PD and left.

As for the reward, sources directly connected to Gaga tell TMZ she will "gladly" pay the $500,000 reward to the finder and we're told tears of joy are still flowing in Rome.

As for the dognappers and, in particular, the person who shot her dog walker ... they are still at large, although we're told cops are combing the area for surveillance video.

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NickNack — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:57:26 GMT

That's interesting. I guess it's better that they were tied to a pole than left to run loose and get hit by a car. Thank goodness for all the publicity and the woman who knew who the dogs were.

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Pook — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 20:10:17 GMT

I would suspect that the person who kidnapped them did not know they were Lady Gaga's dogs and just left them so they wouldn't be found out since there was so much publicity.

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ValuSkr — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 20:41:43 GMT

Oh my, that's a nice payday for her. (I wonder if rewards are taxable. ) They will probably do an investigation to be sure she isn't somehow connected to the dognappers.

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Lali1 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 20:54:02 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
Oh my, that's a nice payday for her. (I wonder if rewards are taxable. ) They will probably do an investigation to be sure she isn't somehow connected to the dognappers.

Not probably surely. Gaga said no questions that doesn't stop the police from asking questions and won't.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:49:33 GMT

The article says she dropped off the dogs and left. Surely the police interrogated her and at least got her name and address.

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MrsSB — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:10:09 GMT

That Huge REWARD worked just as it was supposed to.

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occasionalrain — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:08:19 GMT

I don't believe the dog nippers knew the dogs belonged to L G.

They also mistakenly thought that the dog walker would just hand over the dogs when they threatened him with the gun and never intended to shoot him.

Most dog walkers would have but Ryan wasn't just a paid walker.

When they're caught, that they didn't harm the dogs will count in their favor. At least it would with me.

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Pook — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:08:40 GMT

I do not think that woman was looking for a reward but the reward offer probably scared off the one that did the kidnapping because pictures were all over. Dognapping is often an overlooked crime by police departments so easy to get away with.

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:21:53 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
I don't believe the dog nippers knew the dogs belonged to L G.
They also mistakenly thought that the dog walker would just hand over the dogs when they threatened him with the gun and never intended to shoot him.
Most dog walkers would have but Ryan wasn't just a paid walker.

When they're caught, that they didn't harm the dogs will count in their favor. At least it would with me.

@occasionalrain

No way should that work in the dognapper's favor, IMO. They shot and could have killed another human being for the money that they may have gotten for the dogs..

Hang 'em high, regardless of how grateful that they they didn't harm the dogs.

There's no way they could have sold those dogs, way too high profile and pretty much anyone would've recognized them.

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:28:15 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
The article says she dropped off the dogs and left. Surely the police interrogated her and at least got her name and address.

@Kachina624

Yes, according to many news articles they did and are now giving her police protection until the perps are found,becasue she knows the location where they were left,

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occasionalrain — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:30:49 GMT

@KingstonsMom

They took a risk securing the dogs to the pole. They could have been seen and identified. Much safer to kill the dogs and bury them.

That they could have killed the walker and didn't also is in their favor.

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:38:17 GMT

@occasionalrain

Not killing the man due to bad aim is their fault, and only by the grace of God/fate/luck, not that they didn't try to kill him by shooting him in the chest.

Not in their favor.

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ValuSkr — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:43:11 GMT

It seems odd to go light on the dognappers because they weren't as bad as they could have been. But it's a practical approach, I suppose.

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occasionalrain — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:49:05 GMT

To me, it's more important to hopefully save future dogs and walkers than to exact revenge on the criminals.

If they get a lighter sentence because they didn't harm the dogs or kill the walker, that is acceptable to me.

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Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:56:09 GMT

So glad the doggies are home where they belong!

I would think that nearby street cameras will be helpful ... just look for a person in a hurry with 2 dogs, right?

I read that the reason the FBI got involved was suspicion this was supposedly revenge for Gaga singing at the inauguration. Why else would they steal them ... expecting to sell them on the black market?

I'm guessing time will tell ......

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Anonymous032819 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:04:10 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
@KingstonsMom

They took a risk securing the dogs to the pole. They could have been seen and identified. Much safer to kill the dogs and bury them.
That they could have killed the walker and didn't also is in their favor.

Well, thank goodness that they didn't kill the dogs, like some predicted would happen.

But of course, they can't bring themselves to admit that they were wrong.

You know, pride, and all.

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skatting44 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:07:22 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
@KingstonsMom

They took a risk securing the dogs to the pole. They could have been seen and identified. Much safer to kill the dogs and bury them.
That they could have killed the walker and didn't also is in their favor.

The Dog nappers who commited a crimne with a handgun by shooting the Dog walker have already been captured on the video with a car . Why should anything be in their favor that is attempted murder .

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occasionalrain — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:24:22 GMT

@skatting44

Because that's how our justice system works. Circumstances are factored into charges, sentencing, and plea bargains.

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Lali1 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:32:01 GMT

The dogs were not stolen because she sang at the inauguration. The FBI investigated that for a hot minute and dropped it. These kinds of dogs are stolen all the time. It happens to regular people and famous people alike. They happened to see 3 Fenchies and thought they found a cash cow. Some people who want these dogs will buy them without papers. If they knew who's dogs they were when they took them they would not have dropped them off for some stranger to get the reward.