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Pelican Statue ‘Kidnapped’, Four Charged
August 21, 2013
Four men were arrested for “Pelican-knapping” after a caller reported a large pelican statue hanging out of a suspicious vehicle.
A Santa Rosa County deputy located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. Contact was made with the driver, three passengers and the pelican, named “Peli-Whacker”. When asked about the large pelican statue, the driver stated he knew nothing about it.
Santa Rosa County dispatch contacted the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and was told the pelican was just stolen from in front of the Sandshaker Lounge on Pensacola Beach. The owner of the pelican told Escambia deputies that he wanted to pursue charges, and there were witnesses to the theft. The four occupants of the vehicle were arrested for taking the $3,500 pelican, and the pelican was safely returned to its roost at the beach bar.
Daniel Joe Fureigh, 43, Michael Cary Duncan, 40, David Allen Darden 41, and Richard A. Querney, 43, were each charged with grand theft and booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail.
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8 Responses to “Pelican Statue ‘Kidnapped’, Four Charged”
It’s all fun and games till ya have to call a bondsman!
I thought they were talking about kids until I saw their ages. What were they thinking? Oh wait, they weren’t. Maybe a public spanking? Beats having to support these idiots while locked up.
That is hilarity, until the jail door slams shut.
jeeze…this seriously sounds like the plot of a movie Will Ferrell would star in.
EHH, exactly what type of vehicle were they in that the driver knew nothing of the stowaway passenger?
FredS, So funny, thanks for the giggle !
no osicfer i know “hic” nothing about no pel”hic”acan in my…oh never mind.
This sounds like something teen ages would do not grown men in their forty’s, so is alcohol their excuse, probably. Grow up.