ENCINITAS, Calif.—A stolen golden retriever was reunited with the dog’s owner Oct. 30 after sheriff’s detectives tracked down and arrested the alleged thief on suspicion of grand theft and other charges.
On Oct. 9, Denise Reppenhagen’s golden retriever, Finn, went missing from her home on Hollyridge Drive in Encinitas after the garage door was left open by a family member, said Lt. Christopher Lawrence of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
For weeks, Reppenhagen searched the neighborhood, contacted neighbors and animal shelters, and distributed flyers in the hopes of locating Finn.
On Oct. 26, one of Reppenhagen’s neighbors reviewed surveillance video from a home security camera taken on Oct. 9, the lieutenant said….