Hawk Breaks Into Cranford Home, 'Relaxes' In Jacuzzi

CRANFORD, NJ - The Cranford Police Department responded to a break-in at a Cranford home that was committed by an avian visitor.

In what authorities described as their "strange call of the day," officers arrived at the home where a hawk had flown through the window and was "relaxing in the jacuzzi."

Patrolman Thomas Bell was able to convince him to leave and go back to a nearby tree, police said.

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