Five charged in violent abduction of Lady Gaga's bulldogs

Lady Gaga was filming a movie in Rome when her pets were abducted. Photo: AFP

Five people have been arrested on charges stemming from the violent theft of two bulldogs belonging to pop star Lady Gaga and the shooting of a dog walker during the pets' abduction in Hollywood earlier this year, authorities said on Thursday (April 29).

Four of the five suspects were known street gang members, while the fifth was the woman who reported she had found the dogs and safely returned them after a reward was offered, the Los Angeles Police Department said.