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GIRL ESCAPES MAN'S PARROT PLOY.

Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer

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 a man in his 40s who they say tried to use his sweet-talking pet parrot to accost a 14-year-old girl in Johnny Carson

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``The parrot flew over to the girl and said, `What a pretty girl you are,' '' said Sgt. Len Doran of the Burbank Police Department The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California.

Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell.
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The man then approached the Providence High School Providence High School may refer to:
  • Providence High School — Providence, Kentucky (closed in 2007)
  • Providence High School — Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Providence High School — Burbank, California
 student and asked if she wanted to participate in his parrot show. Next he asked if she wanted the parrot to kiss her. She declined, but the man then kissed her on the cheek, Doran said.

At that point a second girl, 15, walked up to the picnic table A picnic table (or sometimes a picnic bench) is a modified table with benches expressly for the purpose of eating a meal outdoors (picnicking). In the past, picnic tables were typically made of wood, but modern tables can be made out of anything from recycled plastic to . The man asked if they wanted to come to his car with him so he could give them a business card, Doran said.

When the teens refused, he grabbed the 14-year-old and tried to drag her to his car, police said. The girl's friend helped her get away from him, and the man walked away with the parrot on his shoulder, Doran said.

Police are worried that other young girls might be lured by the man and his parrot.

``We're concerned someone is going to fall for that and go to the car and get grabbed, and we'll never see them again,'' Doran said.

The parrot was described as peach and yellow in color. The man was described as white, 5 feet 11 inches and 150 pounds with brown hair, Doran said.
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Date:Apr 30, 1997
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