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We've heard of stool pigeons, but never a stool parrot.
Three burglars were arrested after they went back into a home to snatch a parrot they feared could identify them, police said Tuesday.
Mark Martin, 18, Dallas Davis, 25, and Jarrin Hicks, 21, were charged Monday with aggravated burglary and evading arrest.
Memphis police say they ransacked a home in the 5100 block of Lexie in Whitehaven Monday morning, making off with DVD players, computers, radios, TVs and other electronic gear.
But after loading the loot into the getaway car, one of the suspects realized a parrot in the home had heard him using the nickname "JJ" -- and that the bird had started repeating the na
me.
As the men fetched the would-be informant's cage, a neighbor called
police, who arrived as the three were speeding away.
A few blocks later, their car crashed into an iron gate on Waldrup.
They ran, but not far. Police found Davis hiding in a garbage bin.
When the car crashed, the parrot's cage broke. The bird flew the coop and hasn't been seen since.
Cops were left, once again, scratching their heads -- and laughing -- about criminal behavior.
"They were afraid the bird would 'stool' on them," Maj. Billy Garrett said. "They actually believed he could identify them."
And victim Felicia Cobbs and her kids still hope to find their missing pet.
The 6-year-old bird is described as a foot tall, has light green feathers and answers to the name "Marshmallow."
http://www.usatoday.c
om/news/offbeat/2004-...ot-stolen_x.htm
Cops: Thieves caught trying to nab stool pigeon parrot
MEMPHIS (AP) --Fearing a 6-year-old parrot named Marshmallow could identify th
em, three thieves returned to the scene of the crime to silence the bird --only to be caught by police.
After making off with a booty of DVD players, computers, radios, TVs and other electronic gear --one of the suspects realized a parrot in the home had heard him using the nickname "J. J." and was repeating it.
"They were afraid the bird would 'stool' on them," police Maj. Billy Garrett said. "They actually believed he could identify them."
They decided to go back for the bird, loading it into the getaway car as police arrived on the scene. The chase ended in just a few blocks, with the men crashing their car.
The foot-tall parrot, with light green feathers, flew away when his cage broke open in the crash. It hasn't been seen since.
Victim Felicia
Cobbs said her kids still hope to find the missing pet.
Police charged Mark Martin, 18, Dallas Davis, 25, and Jarrin Hicks, 21, with aggravated burglary and evading arrest.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local_...3283899,00.html
We've heard of stool pigeons, but never a stool parrot.
Three burglars were arrested after they went back into a home to snatch a parrot they feared could identify them, police said Tuesday.
Mark Martin, 18, Dallas Davis, 25, and Jarrin Hicks, 21, were charged Monday with aggravated burglary and evading arrest.
Memphis police say they ransacked a home in the 5100 block of Lexie in Whitehaven Monday morning, making off with DVD players, computers, radios, TVs and other electronic gear.
But after loading the loot into the getaway car, one of the suspects realized a parrot in the home had heard him using the nickname "JJ" -- and that the bird had started repeating the na
me.
As the men fetched the would-be informant's cage, a neighbor called
police, who arrived as the three were speeding away.
A few blocks later, their car crashed into an iron gate on Waldrup.
They ran, but not far. Police found Davis hiding in a garbage bin.
When the car crashed, the parrot's cage broke. The bird flew the coop and hasn't been seen since.
Cops were left, once again, scratching their heads -- and laughing -- about criminal behavior.
"They were afraid the bird would 'stool' on them," Maj. Billy Garrett said. "They actually believed he could identify them."
And victim Felicia Cobbs and her kids still hope to find their missing pet.
The 6-year-old bird is described as a foot tall, has light green feathers and answers to the name "Marshmallow."
http://www.usatoday.c
om/news/offbeat/2004-...ot-stolen_x.htm
Cops: Thieves caught trying to nab stool pigeon parrot
MEMPHIS (AP) --Fearing a 6-year-old parrot named Marshmallow could identify th
em, three thieves returned to the scene of the crime to silence the bird --only to be caught by police.
After making off with a booty of DVD players, computers, radios, TVs and other electronic gear --one of the suspects realized a parrot in the home had heard him using the nickname "J. J." and was repeating it.
"They were afraid the bird would 'stool' on them," police Maj. Billy Garrett said. "They actually believed he could identify them."
They decided to go back for the bird, loading it into the getaway car as police arrived on the scene. The chase ended in just a few blocks, with the men crashing their car.
The foot-tall parrot, with light green feathers, flew away when his cage broke open in the crash. It hasn't been seen since.
Victim Felicia
Cobbs said her kids still hope to find the missing pet.
Police charged Mark Martin, 18, Dallas Davis, 25, and Jarrin Hicks, 21, with aggravated burglary and evading arrest.
