French Bulldog reunited with owner after stolen from Southeast DC

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — A French Bulldog that was stolen last Saturday was reunited with his owner, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced.

MPD’s Violent Crimes Suppression Division recovered the 2-year-old French Bulldog, “Yurman,” a week after he was stolen while on a walk with his owner.

On June 29 at about 8:20 p.m., Jaineen Brown was walking Yurman in the 1700 block of Fort Davis Street SE when someone approached her with a gun.

The suspect took her dog and fled the scene in what Brown described as a black Honda Accord.

“He is my emotional support dog. I’m from Akron, Ohio – don’t have very much family here at all, so he is literally my everything,” she said in an interview with DC News Now last Saturday.

Burglars have targeted French Bulldogs in recent months throughout the District. In late March, a 4-year-old French Bulldog named Recardito was in his owner’s car when someone took him. He was reunited with his owner the next day – something Brown was hopeful for even in the hours after Yurman was taken.

“We’re happy to report Yurman is now back with his owner. Great work by our members who worked this case!” MPD said in a post on X on Saturday evening.

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