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Book' em Danno: Turkey busts into Deadwood library
DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) - Authorities in Deadwood, S.D., investigating an apparent break-in at a public library were surprised to discover the culprit: a 20-plus-pound turkey.
Library director Jeanette Chaney-Moodie tells the Black Hills Pioneer that she headed into work Sunday morning after authorities called her about the apparent break-in.
Deadwood Police Sgt. Ken Mertens says he didn't see any footprints near the broken window and figured a snow blower had tossed up a rock.
Mertens says a closer inspection revealed the wing-flapping culprit. And, he says, "that turkey wanted back out that hole."
Mertens and Chaney-Moodie's husband, John, spent 20 minutes trying to round up the intruder before placing a blanket over its head and escorting it outside.
The bird fled on foot.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
In this photo provided by the Deadwood Police Department, John Chaney shows off a turkey responsible for a break-in at a public library, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Deadwood, S.D. Chaney and Sgt. Ken Mertens captured the turkey in a blanket and let it free after it crashed through a window and flew around the aisles that morning. (AP Photo/Deadwood Police Department)
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