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Man arrested for stealing neighbor’s cockatoo

A Shreveport man was arrested for stealing his neighbor’s cockatoo, which later showed up for sale on Craig’s List.

Sunny, an umbrella cockatoo, was left in a cage on its owner’s patio on Soda Point Drive July 15. When the owner returned home two hours later, the $1500 bird was missing.

This past Saturday, the owner noticed an ad for a cockatoo on Craig’s List. She arranged a meeting with the seller, and contacted the Caddo Sheriff’s Office. At the meeting, authorities determined that the bird for sale was in fact the stolen cockatoo Sunny. The seller told detectives he had purchased the bird for $300 from Elvis Robinson III, who also lives in the 6900 block of Soda Point.

Sheriff’s Detective Michael Price arrested Robinson, 33, for felony theft and booked him into the Caddo Correctional Center.
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