Posted on 04/08/2025 3:22:49 PM PDT by simpson96
A 50-year-old man has appeared in court after being charged as a “chicken thief.”
A Port Orchard, Washington man allegedly violated an order of protection by breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s house and then stealing her chicken, according to authorities in Washington’s Kitsap County.
The call for help came in the early morning of March 29 from a woman who said her former boyfriend invaded her home and snatched her pet chicken, named Polly.
He allegedly screamed, “I’ve got Polly” several times before running away – chicken in hand.
After a brief but intense search, authorities found the man hiding in the woods.
Bodycam footage shows the man hiding in bushes as police approached him at gunpoint.
He can be heard yelling, “Don’t hurt my chicken!” as a deputy quickly reassures him, “I won’t hurt your chicken.”
Responding deputies allowed the man to place Polly safely in a patrol vehicle before taking him into custody and charging him with residential burglary and violating an order of protection.
County jail records show that the man had only been released from custody less than three hours before the incident, the sheriff’s office said.
According to Kitsap Daily News he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $12,747.20 for burglary, and a year and $3186.80 in fines for violating a court order.
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Dropped it by a Chinese restaurant’
Don’t let all the jokes distract you. They weren’t chasing a chicken, they were chasing a dangerous nutcase that needs to be in an institution for the criminally insane.
JUDGE: The charge here is theft of frozen chickens. Are you the defendant?
DEFENDANT: No, sir, I’m the guy who stole the chickens.
Out of fairness, they would probably respond to cattle rustling. Just think of a chicken as a steer without the horns.
then the yolks in his hand...IF that’s a yoke.
well for decades cops have chased donuts so may be they are moving in a different direction?
I once looked at old records of people in TN state prisons.
Chicken Thief would get you 364 days of labor.
BTW, did the chicken identify as a parrot perchance?
KFC?
“911, what is your emergency?”
I had an ex pull stunts like that. He was stuck at 5 years old.
Oh that is bad.
Don’t forget the clown car!
Was Larry Bird involved in this in any way?
He broke a restraining order.
Wow, the yokes just write themselves.
well hopefully they catch him before he starts choking the chicken!!
Which came first, the chicken or the yegg?
"Ain't nobody here but us chickens!"
Sounds like a Florida man moved to Washington State
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