BOSTON (WHDH) - A dog reported stolen from outside a Dorchester home over the weekend is now back with its owner. 

JC Simcock said he let his six-year-old Yorkshire terrier Tinky and the family’s other dog out into their fenced-in yard on Fowler Street on Sunday morning. He said he went inside for a few minutes to grab a coffee. When he came back out, he said Tinky was gone.

After Tinky’s disappearance, Simcock put up flyers and made a desperate plea for her return. 

On Tuesday, Simcock said someone turned Tinky in to animal control.

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