Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe BOSTON, April 27 (UPI) -- A Boston man has been reunited with his tiny 11-month-old puppy who was being held by a dognapper demanding a $500 ransom, the Boston Globe said Wednesday. Timothy Connors lost his pickup truck, dog and cell phone Monday morning when he left his keys in the vehicle at a convenience store. Advertisement He called his cell phone and a man answered, screaming he wanted $500 for the 2-pound Pomeranian and Maltese mix and would kill the puppy if Connors called the police. With two friends, over several hours and more than 12 calls to the dognapper, an exchange location was agreed upon. Connors said the envelope only had $43 in it, bulked up with other paper. However, the man didn't look inside and bolted, only to be pursued by Connor and his friends, two detectives and two police officers who tackled the suspect. Connors' truck, dog, phone and ransom money were all recovered. Michael Cyr, 43, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of attempted extortion by threat of injury and receiving a stolen motor vehicle.
