Police: Van stolen with dogs inside found

Police say they have found a van that was stolen from a Northern California restaurant parking lot with more than a dozen show dogs inside.

Redding police say the 2018 Dodge cargo van was discovered late Thursday morning, a day after it was taken. All 14 dogs inside were safe.

Tony Carter, a professional dog trainer who owns the van, told the Record Searchlight of Redding that he left the van running and unlocked on Wednesday afternoon when he stopped for lunch at a local In-N-Out.

The van was gone in minutes.

He was headed to a dog show in the San Francisco Bay Area.