Turns out they knew one of the burglars.
http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.co ... r_bur.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The Thomases knew Cruz prior to the incident. Jeanne Thomas said that her husband even gave Cruz rides when he was a child. The Thomases were friendly with him and said it had never occurred to them that Cruz would have been involved in burglarizing their home.
All of the suspects confessed to their involvement in the burglary.
He is a great therapy dog, but he would not ever think of a human as a problem.