Casper man accused of stealing valuable macaw ("I'd like to return this parrot!")

Billings Gazette ^ | 8.8.03

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CASPER -- A man accused of breaking into a home and trying to steal a macaw valued at $10,000 faces charges of burglary and interfering with a police officer.

Frank Duke Hoffman, 43, allegedly entered the home of macaw owner Suzy DiVita on Monday but was frightened off.

DiVita said later that Hoffman called her and told her he had the bird and it was dead, according to police.

Divita said her children found the bird wrapped in a towel inside a washing machine. The bird, named Rocky, was unharmed.

Police said they went to Hoffman's home and he allegedly lie

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And now for something completely different....

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Ciexyz]

He hid the bird in a washing machine? Sqawwwwk! Hang this creep out to dry!

[Uncle Sausage]

No, no sir, it's not dead. It's resting.

[facedown]

To finish the story:

Police said they went to Hoffman's home and he allegedly lied about his name. He denied taking DiVita's bird.

Well, he didn't...well not exactly...well he took it to the washing machine...but he didn't take it.

[Atchafalaya]

He is no more!

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[lilylangtree]

Polly didn't want that cracker afterall.

[Betty Jane]

He's passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He's a stiff. Bereft of life. He's kicked the bucket, shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

[Texas Mom]

He's passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He's a stiff. Bereft of life. He's kicked the bucket, shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

"The bird, named Rocky, was unharmed."

[wysiwyg]

'e's pinin' for the fiords!

[wysiwyg]

The bird, named Rocky, was unharmed.

Emily Litella: "Never mind."

[Shmokey]

On to the cheese shop!!

[MarkL]

No, no sir, it's not dead. It's resting.

He's pining for the fjords!

Mark

[HHFi]

I take in homeless and handicapped parrots, and they're like my children. They are the most intelligent and sensitive pets I've ever had, and I've had just about every animal there is at one time or another.

If this SOB had tried to take one of my birds, wrapped him in a towel and stuck him in a washing machine, probably causing him permanent trauma, then told me he was dead, he'd be facing a lot more than jail time. He'd be facing me waiting for him the second he got out, and by the time I was through with him, there'd be so little of him left, you could wrap him up in a wash rag.

[gortklattu]

"I take in homeless and handicapped parrots, and they're like my children. They are the most intelligent and sensitive pets I've ever had, and I've had just about every animal there is at one time or another. "

What are your children like???

[EmilyDiVita]

I would just like to thank you all for all these comments. I was googling my family when I ran across this topic. I was the girl, Emily DiVita who found our bird in our washing machine. I needed to get the stress off my mind, so I was headed for a friends house. I went down stairs to get a change of clothes when his head popped out... A very dramatic moment. Just, thank you all. I was in 3rd grade when this happened, and I am now a sophomore. Rocky is still alive to this day.