{"id":213068,"date":"2026-03-31T14:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213068\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:40:06","slug":"womans-puppy-found-after-being-dumped-from-stolen-bentley-in-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213068\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman\u2019s puppy found after being dumped from stolen Bentley in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 What began as a desperate plea for help will soon end with a reunion for a South Florida dog owner who feared she would never see her puppy again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/03\/31\/recuperan-cachorro-robado-tras-ser-abandonado-de-bentley-robado-en-fort-lauderdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/03\/31\/recuperan-cachorro-robado-tras-ser-abandonado-de-bentley-robado-en-fort-lauderdale\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Carolyn Kalagher was speaking with Local 10\u2019s Jolena Esperto, asking for help finding her 6-month-old poodle, Sophie, when she was overcome with emotion after learning Tuesday that the dog had been found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYou have my dog. Oh my God, he has my dog!\u201d Kalagher said through tears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Moments earlier, she had been recounting how her white Bentley was stolen Monday afternoon in broad daylight with Sophie still inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said the theft happened around 2:45 p.m. in the 2700 block of Northeast 19th Street in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/30\/video-shows-bentley-stolen-from-outside-fort-lauderdale-home-with-small-dog-inside\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/30\/video-shows-bentley-stolen-from-outside-fort-lauderdale-home-with-small-dog-inside\/\">Surveillance video obtained exclusively by Local 10 shows<\/a> a dark-colored sedan pulling up behind the Bentley. They said a person wearing a dark top and white pants then jumped out, got into the luxury vehicle and drove away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said the driver had briefly gone inside a home, leaving the dog and the key fob in the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators said the culprit was last seen heading south on Bayview Drive in the stolen white Bentley Continental with Florida license plate RSSD40.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kalagher told Local 10 that the person who stole the car later threw the dog onto the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A neighbor saw the dog and rushed to help, pulling her out of harm\u2019s way before she could be struck by a vehicle. The neighbor then took Sophie to a veterinarian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The man later recognized the dog after seeing coverage on Local 10 and went to Kalagher\u2019s home Tuesday morning to let her know Sophie was safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cGod is with us \u2014 that\u2019s what\u2019s going through our heads,\u201d Kalagher said. \u201cHe has a plan, and he is with us. Another little miracle.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kalagher said the moment felt surreal after a night of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s almost like it wasn\u2019t real, and now we\u2019re going to have her back,\u201d she said. \u201cI was looking at her toys on the floor \u2014 she had a new bed. She hadn\u2019t even been in it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities have not announced any arrests. Anyone with information is urged to contact Fort Lauderdale police or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 What began as a desperate plea for help will soon end with a reunion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-213068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}