By: Nadia Bashir
August 13, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A military family has been reunited with its stolen boxer puppy taken just weeks before one member is set to deploy overseas.
"It's an awesome feeling knowing our family has been put back together," said Erika Beatty.
Beatty's boyfriend, Craig Derifield, is a medic with the National Guard and is set to deploy in September.
His Westerville home was burglarized last month.
The couple was horrified when they learned not only had the thieves taken taken thousands of dollars in electronics but had also grabbed their boxer puppy, Fenway.
Last Thursday, detectives with Columbus police contacted Derifield while he was in Texas on military training to say they had found the pooch.
Detectives have arrested people in connection with the home invasion at Derifield's home.
Derifield says police told him the suspected burglar's girlfriend told police where the puppy had been sold.
According to his owners, Fenway is valued around $1,100. Detectives say the pooch was sold for a fraction, at $100.
Derifield bought Fenway for Erika as a birthday present in hopes the dog would help ease his absence.
Erika described the moment police brought Fenway to her: "He ran to me. He knew who I was. He came right to me. He knew who I was, and it was so exciting just to see him again."
Source: http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/aug/13/6/military-family-reunited-lost-puppy-ar-685016/
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