Consider this a bonus Feel-Good Friday, because in terms of good news, the day has not disappointed. From Supreme Court decisions that affirmed the role of the executive branch on birthright citizenship, slapped down activist federal judges on nationwide injunctions, and upheld the rights of parents to steer their children's education, many of us are breaking out the bubbly or raising a glass, because of this great lead-in to the weekend.
Here's more good news. Many of us read the reports about Freddy, a five-year-old Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture detector Beagle, who was deliberately kicked by an Egyptian national arriving at Washington, D.C.'s Dulles International Airport. Freddy was kicked so hard that he was lifted off the ground, and suffered contusions to his rib area. Freddy was immediately rushed to the veterinarian for emergency treatment.
CBP K9 Freddy: Small dog, BIG impact! 🐶💪 With his handler, Officer Snyder, this talented pup is keeping our food and farms safe at @Dulles_Airport. #ProtectingAgriculture#PawsontheFrontline#BugBustingBeagles#FarmDefenders#OFOproud🇺🇸🌾🍊 pic.twitter.com/OXSCNRdcIZ
— (A)Executive Asst. Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino (@OFOEAC) March 21, 2025
On Tuesday, Freddy and his handler were doing their job: inspecting baggage from a group of Cairo, Egypt, travelers. Freddy alerted his handler that one of the suitcases could contain contraband. His handler identified the luggage as belonging to 70-year-old Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, and began to question him about the contents. Marie proceeded to violently kick Freddy, lifting the 25-pound Beagle off the ground. CBP officers immediately acted:
CBP officers immediately descended upon Marie, handcuffed him, and turned him over to Homeland Security Investigations agents for prosecution.
A veterinarian determined that Freddie suffered contusions to his right forward rib area.
CBP agriculture specialists conducted a subsequent baggage examination of Marie’s luggage based on Freddie’s alert and discovered 55 pounds of beef meat, 44 pounds of rice, 15 pounds of eggplant, cucumbers, and bell peppers, two pounds of corn seeds, and a pound of herbs. All agriculture products were prohibited from entering the United States and seized.
“Being caught deliberately smuggling well over one hundred pounds of undeclared and prohibited agriculture products does not give one permission to violently assault a defenseless Customs and Border Protection beagle,” said Christine Waugh, CBP’s Area Port Director for the Area Port of Washington, D.C. “We rely heavily on our K9 partners and Freddie was just doing his job. Any malicious attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and CBP will continue to work with our investigating and prosecuting partners to deal swift and severe justice to perpetrators.”
Note that pro-immigration and anti-immigration forces are outraged by this man's action against Freddy, who was simply doing what he was trained to do. One wishes the anti-ICE contingent had this much care and compassion for the human ICE agents who are putting their lives on the line to protect American citizens, just like little Freddy. Instead, they are targeting them and putting their lives in danger, just as the Egyptian national did to the CBP dog.
Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie not only received due process, but swift justice. Now that the Trump administration has the handcuffs unshackled, perhaps it's time to apply this type of action to illegal immigrants from here on out.
NEW: An Egyptian man has been deported by DHS after he kicked a CBP working beagle named Freddy at Dulles airport on Tuesday. Freddy had detected prohibited agriculture in the man’s luggage. He was kicked so hard he was lifted off the ground & suffered contusions to his rib area.… pic.twitter.com/QEquzFRsHb
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 26, 2025
Marie pled guilty during an initial appearance in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia to harming animals used in law enforcement (18USC1368). He was credited with time served, ordered to pay the veterinarian’s fee, and to immediately report to CBP for removal from the United States. Marie departed the United States on a flight to Egypt at 12:30 p.m. today.
Bye, Marie--don't let the doorknob hit you on the way out. Poetic justice would be for someone to kick Marie off the plane once he lands back in Egypt. Perhaps someone will.
PETA even decided to hop on the press wave surrounding the K-9 hero. PETA's president, Ingrid Newkirk, sent Freddy a get-well card and gifts, while encouraging law enforcement to "shift" from using K-9 resources. PETA is incapable of finding subtlety even in the dictionary. The organization said in an emailed statement to RedState:
He was “just doing his job,” sniffing out contraband foods that could endanger public health, so now an orthopedic bed and handmade dog treats are on the way from PETA to a beagle named Freddie, who works for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Washington Dulles International Airport and who, on Tuesday suffered injured ribs when a traveler, attempting to avoid interception, kicked him so hard that he was lifted off the floor.
According to CBP, Freddie’s attacker—who was allegedly trying to smuggle over 100 pounds of prohibited items, including 55 pounds of animal flesh—left him with contusions to his right forward rib area, an extremely painful condition. In PETA’s get-well card, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk, who is recovering from a rib injury due to a fall, wishes Freddie a comfortable and speedy recovery and asks CBP to ensure that Freddie receives long-term painkillers and sufficient time to rest and recover from the incident.
They could have at least bothered to correctly spell Freddy's name. Hopefully, this "encouragement" to local and national law enforcement will fall on deaf ears, as K-9 service dogs like Freddy are national treasures as well as essential resources.
Freddy is doing much better and will be back on duty soon. In the meantime, he's enjoying some TLC and a pup cup from his handler.
Thanks to everyone for their concern about Freddy who was injured while performing his duties at Dulles airport. He was treated by his veterinarian, and is expected to make a full recovery. Here he is enjoying his favorite comfort treat - a Pup Cup! pic.twitter.com/g8phC2DDsT
— CBP (@CBP) June 27, 2025
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