Crime & Safety
Chicken In Custody After Attempting To Elude Police In Upper Makefield
Bucks County SPCA takes in chicken as police seek its owner.
UPPER MAKEFIELD, PA — So why did the chicken cross the road?
Authorities in Upper Makefield aren't saying, but they did report taking one chicken into custody on Sentinel Road in the Heritage Hills development where the chicken was on the lam.
Police said they received a helping hand from "Amy," a postal worker, who they said prevented it from turning into that scene from Rocky II - you know the one where Rocky is chasing a chicken around.
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The chicken peers out from the rear tire of an Upper Makefield Police vehicle. (Upper Makefield Police)
The chicken is now in the safe custody of the Bucks County SPCA in Lahaska where no doubt she's clucking about her harrowing experience.
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"If you know of a chicken who flew the coop, please have the owners give us a call," said police. "But this chicken’s eggcelent adventure is over for now."
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