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Posted: 2:57 PM Sep 6, 2008
Cops Kick In Door After Hearing "Help Me, Help Me"
Neighbors called police after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" . When no one answered the door, they kicked it in to make a rescue. Inside, officers found a caged cockatoo with a convincing call.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house. Officers arrived and when no one answered the door, they kicked it in to make a rescue.
But instead of a damsel in distress, officers found a caged cockatoo with a convincing call.
It wasn't the first time the 10-year-old bird named Luna said something that brought authorities to the home of owner Evelyn DeLeon.
About seven years ago, the bird cried like a baby for hours, leading to reports of a possible abandoned baby and a visit to the home by state child welfare workers. But it was only Luna practicing a newfound sound, DeLeon says.
DeLeon says her bird learns much of her ever-growing vocabulary from watching television, in both English and Spanish.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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I disagree that the driving age of a teenager needs to be raised.In the state of NC, I believe you are considered to be an adult at the age of 16.So, if they are considered to be an adult, then they should have adult responsibilities. I say leave the age as is and if a 16 yr old adult wants to drive, then let that person be responsible and get a part-time job to buy them a used car(instead of the parents spoiling them)and get and pay for their own car insurance. This, in my opinion, will be the only thing to help them appreciate what they have and maybe not get in an accident. They will be more careful, but you have to remember, even some of them are going to get in accidents, it just happens, even to the complaining "supposedly grown adults".
Lynn, it is a cockatoo, not a cockatiel. Cockatiels do not talk as well as their bigger "cousins" do. And "I hate birds" as long as the Officers acted in good faith, which sounds like they did, the door isreplaced by the homeowner. The police had no way of knowing that the cries inside were from a bird, and obviously the neighbors did not either since they called the police to begin with! Why should tax payers fix that door?
Funny story.:) It's good to read something entertaining.
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