A dispute broke out Friday morning when a Bonita woman accused her neighbor of stealing her pink flamingo.
Penelo-p Pinknstink was leaving her home when she noticed one of her flamingos was missing. She claims to have more than 50, which she likes to decorate with flags of various countries. The missing flamingo had a Mexican flag on it.
Pinknstink is accusing her Mexican neighbor, Jose Curvo, of stealing the flamingo. She claims he stole the flamingo because he is a Mexican soccer fan, and the Mexico team was playing Germany in the under 20 Women’s World Cup soccer game that day. Curvo denies having stolen the flamingo.
Pinknstink says she saw muddy flamingo prints leading from her front lawn on Wagon Wheel Way, to Curvo’s house on Wagon Circle. She believes that the thief picked up the flamingo and used it to make the footprints as a way to taunt her.
Sheriff Jessie arrived at the scene at 11:31 AM, and saw no footprints. Pinknstink admits she did not see Curvo take the flamingo and that there were no witnesses. There is not enough evidence to search Curvo’s home, authorities said.
Curvo said that he was home getting ready for the game when the flamingo was taken. There is no evidence linking Curvo to the crime, Sheriff Jessie confirmed.
Nonetheless, Pinknstink plans to press for charges to be filed against Curvo, despite limited evidence.
-Kirsten Yocke
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