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Three of the four Yorkshire Terrier puppies who were stolen at gunpoint from a Los Angeles California home last week were returned Saturday night, along with the family's adult Yorkie Tan-ja. The fourth dognapped puppy remains missing.

Family members hugged and kissed the panting pups and left the police station with the dogs in their arms.

The animals were recovered after Ryan Betton, 19, of Los Angeles, surrendered to police Friday night, Detective Luis Corona said.

He was booked for investigation of residential robbery, police said.

A videotape of the robbery that aired on local television brought in many tips, including telephone calls that sent police to the home of Betton's father, Corona said.

"When the son came home, he confronted the son and that led to the son being brought in to the station to turn himself in," Corona said.

A second man was being sought.

Police believe that Betton and the second unidentified suspect did not intend to sell the dogs, but rather to give them as gifts.

Previously: Think Again if Thinking of Selling Dogs Out of Your Home