{"id":45564,"date":"2026-04-09T08:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45564"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:43:59","slug":"us-airman-andrew-beckhams-dog-car-stolen-by-colorado-house-sitter-while-deployed-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45564","title":{"rendered":"US Airman Andrew Beckham&#8217;s dog, car stolen by Colorado house sitter while deployed overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F04%2Fnewspress-collage-smq2zc0s2-1775722836458.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261775708490\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A US Airman stationed overseas in Japan says his beloved dog named Maverick and his car were stolen by his house sitter who apparently suffered a \u201cmental break\u201d before taking the pooch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking for this person. He was housesitting for me while I am deployed with the Air Force,\u201d Andrew Beckham wrote in a Nest alert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chris.card.507\/posts\/pfbid035WkvPrEeEtP16BwupbfLxGdXwGS2ER3tJooaEuYoV8Gdzb99Nf4RR53KhA7bnxFnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on Facebook<\/a> on April 3. \u201cHe has stopped all contact and taken Maverick and my vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maverick, the 11-year-old Siberian husky, was staying at Beckham\u2019s Aurora, Colo., home with the hired helper when he was taken outside and put into the airman\u2019s 2014 Subaru Forester the night he went missing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Andrew Beckham says his husky, Maverick, was taken by his house sitter while he was deployed in Japan. <span class=\"credit\">Andrew Beckham\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beckham shared a snap of the suspected dognapper and revealed he had captured the worker on video driving away with his car and dog.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The house sitter) is having a mental break of paranoia and has run away with my car and dog 4 days ago with no contact and no phone,\u201d Beckham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/448648975857302\/?multi_permalinks=1953534192035432&amp;hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The frustrated dog owner claims he hired the man off Trusted House Sitters \u2014 which connects pet owners with suitable sitters \u2014 and has reached out to the company asking for help locating him and his dog.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has not been found and he has my dog,\u201d Beckham wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Doorbell camera footage captured the nighttime dog heist as the man guided the dog out the front door and into the driveway, according to an image obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/kdvr.com\/news\/local\/airman-pleads-for-help-finding-missing-dog-car-after-trusted-house-sitter-disappears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox 31 Denver.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was hard to see on my camera because he was taking Maverick out at night and then going in the car without telling me where he was going,\u201d Beckham told the outlet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Doorbell camera footage captured the house sitter leaving the Colorado home with Maverick. <span class=\"credit\"> FOX31 Denver\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Maverick weighs approximately 60 pounds, has a missing toe on his front left paw, has mild arthritis and has one blue eye and one brown eye. <span class=\"credit\">Andrew Beckham\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beckham revealed he allowed the worker to stay at his house during his deployment.<\/p>\n<p>An hour before vanishing, the man allegedly called 911, claiming someone was trying to break into the home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe seemed scared of something. I don\u2019t know what, but he seemed really scared,\u201d Beckham said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Airman pleads for help finding missing dog, car after trusted house sitter disappears\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/63y9zzinlEA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Maverick weighs approximately 60 pounds, has a missing toe on his front left paw, has mild arthritis and has one blue eye and one brown eye, according to a missing dog poster shared by Beckham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve lost a part of home. Like there\u2019s a hole in my chest where he should be. Maverick has been with me through deployments, through long days, through lonely nights. Losing him, it\u2019s just heartbreaking,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=63y9zzinlEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the outlet.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Maverick runs out the front door before the house sitter puts him into Beckham\u2019s car. <span class=\"credit\"> FOX31 Denver\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The house sitter was staying at Beckham\u2019s house, taking care of Maverick, before the two disappeared. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pooch is microchipped and is listed on several lost pet sites.<\/p>\n<p>Beckham warned people to \u201cnot chase, call or whistle as this may cause them to run in fear and into danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors have joined in the search for Maverick dog and his alleged abductor, driving around the Colorado city looking for Beckham\u2019s missing car, as other volunteers printed out missing posters and plastered them around the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a dog person. My husband is Air Force. So those two items just told me I needed to do something,\u201d Beckham\u2019s neighbor Carla Wise told Fox Denver. \u201cI drove to the airport, looked at two different, both the west and east parking garages, drove each one for about an hour this morning to see if I could help find the car\u2026 but the dog, that\u2019s the main thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s out there. We\u2019re going to get him. We\u2019re going to find him,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/09\/us-news\/us-airman-andrew-beckhams-dog-car-stolen-by-colorado-house-sitter-while-deployed-overseas\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US Airman stationed overseas in Japan says his beloved dog named Maverick and his car were stolen by his house sitter who apparently suffered a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}