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Fish Thief Strikes Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary

Someone took about 100 pounds of fish from the rescue organization's bait hut earlier this month, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Fish thieves struck the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary earlier this month, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

According to the newspaper:

Someone broke into the sanctuary, at 18328 Gulf Blvd., the night of March 7 and took about 100 pounds of fish from the organization's bait hut. It appears, operations manager Micki Eslick said, that whoever broke in had a key.

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Police have no leads or suspects in the case, the Times reports.

The seabird rescue facility has been in the news of late because of various financial troubles.

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