The Brief
- A dog stolen from a Kirkland man remains missing despite police arresting the person behind the theft.
- According to the victim, the alleged dog thief told police two different stories, and desperately wants Sparkey back.
KIRKLAND, Wash. – A Kirkland man is pleading for help finding his dog, Sparkey, despite an arrest being made in the case.
FOX 13 first reported on the case last month. Surveillance video captured the man that police believe is responsible for stealing him. Although the man in the video is now behind bars, Sparkey is still nowhere to be found.
Sparkey’s owner says he’d just befriended that man on a dating app and had no idea he would end up taking his dog without warning.
According to jail records, Brandon Marquis Holland was arrested early this week. Sparkey’s owner tells me he was heartbroken to learn that the police said Holland was uncooperative and told investigators two different stories about what he did with Sparkey.…