Long Beach Police Friday identified a man wanted, along with two accomplices, for stealing five exotic birds from a residence.
Jose Zermeno, 42, and the other suspects allegedly took the birds from a residence in the 6700 block of Harbor Avenue on May 4, the Long Beach Police Department reported.
Surveillance video shows Zermeno climbing over a fence into the backyard, opening birdcages, removing the birds, and handing them over the fence to a second man, police said.
A third suspect drove a red Ford Ranger pickup truck in which the suspects fled, police said. On Thursday, a patrol officer saw the truck and tried to pull the driver over, but the motorist sped off, and officers later found it abandoned, police said.
Zermano is Hispanic, about 5 feet 3 inches tall, with a medium build and dark hair and eyes. The second suspect was described as Hispanic, about 25-30 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, and weighing about 185-200 pounds. No description was released of the third suspect, who drove the truck.
Anyone with more information on the case was urged to call burglary detectives at (562) 570-7351; the police communications office at (562) 435- 6711; or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
—City News Service