Woman Reunites With Stolen Dog After 2.5 Years

Woman Reunites With Stolen Dog After 2.5 Years

By Saba Hamid
NBCChicago.com

updated 10/17/2012 3:46:13 PM ET

Back in 2010, Nicole Brownell was heartbroken when she discovered her 9-year-old dog, Sadie, had been stolen from her Roscoe Village yard.

Little did she know the two would be reunited two-and-a-half years later thanks to a microchip and a “good Samaritan.”

Brownell got the call Tuesday from Save-A-Pet in Grayslake that her Yorkie had been found.

“I was shaking like a leaf, my heart was pounding, tears were streaming down my face," Brownell said Wednesday. "I immediately called my husband, and he said, ‘no way, no way.’ But I said, ‘microchips don’t lie.’”

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