UPDATE: Stolen dog found in Columbus County is heading back to Nebrasksa

UPDATE: Stolen dog found in Columbus County is heading back to Nebrasksa(Columbus County Sheriff's Office)
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 4:27 PM EDT

HALLSBORO, N.C. (WECT) - The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office recovered a dog after he was stolen from its owners in Nebraska.

The dog is now on his way back home with his owners in Nebraska unharmed.

Per the CCSO, Joshua Henriksen and Kaley Henriksen were arrested for felony fugitive warrants out of Nebraska on August 5. The Nebraska sheriff’s office told the CCSO on August 10 that they are suspected to have stolen a bunch of silver, a gun and a yorkie named Gus.

Investigators then went to the house of the suspects and heard a dog barking from a nearby house on the same property in Hallsboro. They got a search warrant and collected evidence, including some silver items. A person caring for the yorkie turned him in during the investigators’ search.

Gus, pictured, was found in Columbus County after being stolen in Nebraska(Columbus County Sheriff's Office)

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