Pets
Parrot Missing From Animal Shop Deemed Non-Criminal
A man walked out with the therapy bird after it was groomed last week. The incident was deemed non-criminal.
Update:
Following an investigation by Third Precinct Crime Section officers, the incident involving the stolen bird has been determined to be non-criminal.
Original story:
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WEST ISLIP, NY - Suffolk Police are looking the man wanted for allegedly stealing a bird from a West Islip store this month.
The man stole a Quaker parrot that had just been groomed from B.T.J.’s Jungle on 144 Sunrise Highway on November 11 at 2 p.m.
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The man fled in a white van.
According to a Facebook post by the business, the parrot is a therapy bird.
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