Thief Steals 45 Parrots; Polly Wants A Rescue
(CBS) ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. Police are searching for suspects behind a major bird heist from a New York pet store.
Authorities say 45 parrots were stolen from the store owned by Mark Marone, a frequent guest known as "The Pet Keeper" on The Martha Stewart Show.
"They took Amazon parrots, they took African gray parrots, they took cockatoos," Marone tells CBS station WCBS-TV in Nwe York.
Marone's store, "Parrots Of The World," lost approximately $58,000 from the heist. "That's about 1,200 bucks a bird," he says.
Police say the thieves broke into the store through a back window. "They knew exactly what they were doing. They were like Tom Cruise in 'Mission Impossible,'" he said.
How they managed to get away discreetly with 45 noisy parrots is still being determined by investigators. Marone says he gave surveillance video to authorities.
(CBS) ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. Police are searching for suspects behind a major bird heist from a New York pet store.
Authorities say 45 parrots were stolen from the store owned by Mark Marone, a frequent guest known as "The Pet Keeper" on The Martha Stewart Show.
"They took Amazon parrots, they took African gray parrots, they took cockatoos," Marone tells CBS station WCBS-TV in Nwe York.
Marone's store, "Parrots Of The World," lost approximately $58,000 from the heist. "That's about 1,200 bucks a bird," he says.
Police say the thieves broke into the store through a back window. "They knew exactly what they were doing. They were like Tom Cruise in 'Mission Impossible,'" he said.
How they managed to get away discreetly with 45 noisy parrots is still being determined by investigators. Marone says he gave surveillance video to authorities.
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