The Attleboro, Massachusetts police department is looking for the owner of a dog that was reportedly found abandoned on the side of the road with a "free" sign attached to its cage.

Police said the dog was found near Bliss Dairy on Park Street.

Dog found abandoned in Attleboro

Police Chief Kyle Heagney said two people who said they found the Yorkshire Terrier puppy brought it to the 24-hour Seasons Corner Market on Washington St. at 1:40 a.m. on Monday. They said they didn't know what to do with it, and left the dog with the store employee.

"Brought in a dog inside a cage with a bowl and a bed and told the clerk they found it on the side of the road," said Attleboro Police Lt. Leo Fontaine.

The clerk let a good Samaritan customer take the dog home, Heagney said. Later in the day,

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