Woman Charged with Stealing $2,400 Exotic Bird from Pet Store
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**OLDSMAR, Fla. ** - A rare bird worth $2,400 is back home and healthy after deputies said a woman stole him from a local pet store Saturday morning. Grissel Flores Nistal, 54, is charged with grand theft. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Nistal took the baby Black Headed Caique from its container where customers can pet the animals at Everything Birds in Oldsmar. Surveillance video, deputies said, then shows her put the bird quickly in her purse and leave.