<i>US woman swaps two kids for cockatoo, 175 dollars </i>
Police in the southern US state of Louisiana have arrested a woman who allegedly traded two young children for an exotic bird and a bit of cash, the lead detective on the case said Friday.
Donna Greenwell, a 51-year-old long distance trucker, has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and is being held in jail on a bond of 100,000 dollars after she allegedly swapped a four- and five-year-old in her care for a cockatoo and 175 dollars, the lead detective on the case, Keith Dupre, said.
The story began several weeks ago when Greenwell pulled her cattle truck into a livestock dealer's to make a delivery, Dupre said.
A couple -- 27-year-old Brandy Lynn Romero and her husband Paul, 46 -- had put up a flier at the dealer's, advertising a cockatoo they had for sale for 1,500 dollars.
"Ms Greenwell saw the picture of the cockatoo along with the phone number, and with her raising birds already, she called them up," Dupre said.
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