When a middle-aged woman walked into a Los Angeles police station with two of Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs in late February, she claimed she had simply come across the dogs tied to a pole, police said at the time.

She also inquired about a $500,000 reward the singer had offered for their return, according to police.

Detectives remained mum as speculation, fueled by the pop star’s worldwide popularity, swirled over whether the woman really was a good Samaritan or was linked to the brazen robbery of the dogs during a nearly fatal shooting of Lady Gaga’s dogwalker a few nights prior.

Prosecutors and police shed some light on the m