Today's English Crime Beat features a thieving seagull named "Steven" (Steven Seagull, get it?) who has pecked away his welcome at the Lyndale Central Store in Wyke Regis, Dorset. For over six years, Steven has been strutting into the store, snagging a pack of chips with his beak, and flying off.
The owners of the shop have put up signs reminding customers to "close the door" in an effort to curb the crime wave. Store manager Stuart Harmer has trouble "trying to explain to the powers that be that I've got stock loss because of a seagull - they think its a joke" that this bird has flown with 30 packets recently.
Harmer said Steven "comes in the shop when the doors open, puts his head around the corner of the door, nicks a packet of crisps and flies off with it".
FYI, if you have similar theft at the hands, or talons, rather, of gulls, Harmer says Steven is particularly fond of BBQ beef flavored chips.
He described Steven as "very daring and sometimes annoying" but also says he shares his snack with his flock out on the street, once he's pecked the package open.
Harmer's crew even tried putting out those popular red hot spicy chips, but Steven reached right past them with his beak and found what he likes.
I present this to those of you who have birds outside your buildings operating in a suspicious manner. Take action when the chips are down!
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