A mini labradoodle named Easton was found about two hours after he was taken from a San Francisco street on Wednesday evening, Sept. 23. The San Francisco Police Department said officers located the dog with suspects on Golden Gate Avenue after a coordinated search that began near Lombard and Webster streets. Officers later arranged for Easton and his owner to reunite at Tenderloin Station.
A missing dog report became a city search
The police department said Northern Station officers responded at about 5:45 p.m. after Easton’s owner reported him stolen. She had briefly gone into a daycare center and left the dog tied up outside. When she returned, Easton was gone. CBS San Francisco and ABC7 reported that the dog had been tied to a stroller; the police department’s written release says only that he was tied up.
The department sent an alert across its units and asked its Real Time Investigation Center to review available information. The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office also joined the search. That combination gave officers more ways to compare the initial report with activity elsewhere in the city while the report was still fresh.
A lead on Golden Gate Avenue
About two hours after Easton was taken, officers from the department’s Drug Market Agency Coordination Center found two suspects and a dog outside a doorway on the 200 block of Golden Gate Avenue in the Tenderloin, according to SFPD. The dog was recovered and the two people were detained. The police department’s release describes the recovery and the later reunion, but it does not announce charges.
Surveillance video helped investigators follow the case. CBS San Francisco reported that footage showed two people taking the dog, while ABC7 described video that assisted the investigation. Those accounts also place the recovery on Golden Gate Avenue and describe the coordination that brought the search to a close.
The destination was a reunion
Once Easton was safely in police care, officers contacted his owner and arranged the reunion at Tenderloin Station. SFPD, CBS San Francisco and ABC7 all reported that the missing dog was returned to his owner. The published accounts do not give Easton’s age, describe his condition or identify his owner, so those details remain private.
The agencies involved each contributed a different piece of the response. Northern Station handled the first report. The Real Time Investigation Center helped review information. The Sheriff’s Office joined the search, and the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center followed the lead that brought officers to the dog. The public accounts do not say how long the reunion itself lasted.
The reporting also uses slightly different language for the two people found with Easton. SFPD says they were detained, while CBS uses the word arrested. ABC7 says police had not released information about charges. For that reason, this account describes the police action without assigning a criminal outcome that the available records do not establish.
What the timeline establishes
The dates line up across the accounts. SFPD’s release is dated Sept. 24, and CBS San Francisco’s report is also dated Sept. 24. ABC7 published its account on Sept. 25. All three describe the theft report on Sept. 23, the search that followed, recovery of Easton about two hours later and a subsequent reunion with his owner.
The story is a small example of how a report can move through a city’s systems quickly: an owner calls, officers send an alert, investigators compare information and specialized teams follow a lead. The sources do not offer a quote from the owner or tell readers what happened after the reunion. They establish something more modest and concrete: Easton was recovered, his owner was contacted and a frightening evening ended with the dog back where he belonged.
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