MILWAUKEE — A story TMJ4 first reported on Sunday has a happy ending as a Milwaukee family was reunited with their stolen puppies Monday afternoon.
"Thank you for everyone helping us, praying for the dogs to come back, God bless you," 9-year-old, Yasin Mohamed said.
Mohamed was celebrating his birthday on Monday. He said the puppies being found was the best present.
"It's the best birthday," owner, Najat Abukamish added.
Abukamish said the two Rottweiler pitbull mix puppies were stolen from her yard near 14th and Washington Saturday morning.
“I took them out to go potty like always. I went inside for just a minute because my baby was crying, and when I came back outside, there was nothing,” said owner Najat Abukamish.
Watch: Milwaukee family reunited with stolen puppies
Video from a neighbor and Mi Tierra Restaurant showed two people walking onto the family’s property, picking up the dogs, and running to a red car before driving away just after 8:30 a.m.
Abukamish confirmed with TMJ4 Monday afternoon that Milwaukee police found the dogs. She and her family picked up the pups from District 2.
"The kids couldn't believe it, I couldn't believe. We said, we coming right now," Abukamish said.
She said the puppies were excited to see the kids.
"They were happy to us. We was happy to see them. We were going crazy both sides. We couldn't believe it," Abukamish said.
According to MPD, the puppies were brought into the station, but they did not provide information on who brought them in.
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