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Police Respond to Fowl Scene at Area Supermarket

(St. Joseph County, IN) - Usually shoppers look for Wild Turkey in the alcohol aisle. Police came to the rescue Thursday as an actual wild turkey terrorized an entire Granger supermarket.

 

The wildlife encounter happened at the Martin’s on State Road 23. After a wild turkey wondered in from outside and began climbing store shelves, a customer notified authorities. “There’s a very large turkey that just went in the store,” the caller told a 911 dispatcher. “It’s, like, knocking everything off the shelves.”

 

Police bodycam footage showed three St. Joseph County Sheriff’s deputies cornering the ornery Tom in the pharmacy section and taking it into custody. "No harm, no fowl," police said. The turkey was released on its own recognizance into some nearby woods.

 

The Sheriff’s Department says K9 Officer Kyle O’Konski, who detained the bird, earned his certification in poultry negotiations.

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