Debby Brown's "Chorkie" (Chihuahua/Yorkie mix) named Lexi was stolen from Brown's locked car (with the A/C running) in Concord on Friday night, while Brown and her boyfriend went into a restaurant for take-out food. After Brown posted $10,000 reward posters all over the Concord area and on Craigslist, the dog-nappers agreed to meet with Brown in a Petco parking lot (of all places) on Monday morning. Lexi was safely handed over to Brown's boyfriend, who had persuaded Brown to stay home. Brown forked over the cash and has stuck to her promise not to prosecute or give any information to the police. Police say there has been a rash of car break-ins in the area, and that Brown's information could possibly have lead to an arrest. Now that's some dedicated pet ownership.

UPDATE: Eyes on Blogs posted about an interesting thread on CLAYCORD.com, in which the commenters call the whole situation very fishy, pointing fingers at the boyfriend. We did initially wonder why the thieves wouldn't have also stolen the car, since it obviously had the keys in the ignition due to the A/C running. As also noted in the comments, Brown supposedly owns Continental Towing in Concord, which commenters allege is shady, too.