<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>An Upper East Side woman who loves birds so much that she changed her name to Dove claims she was attacked by a neighbor who flew into a rage when he caught her feeding pigeons.
But retired teacher Arthur Schwartz says the woman is a known<wm> animal lover and has always been careful not to interact with the birds.

According to the police chief, the woman, who has been accused of stealing a $150,000 collection of rare bird figurines, has a history of incidents with the city's residents.
In the case at hand, the police were responding to the reports of the incident, and one police officer arrived at the residence of the supposed victim. That's when tensions escalated. "It was a chaotic scene, and one officer actually ended</wm> up defending the real victim (which is actually the woman who we were responding to)," said Schwartz.