Ohh thoughts of brutal vengeance.
Found article telling a bit more about the teens,
https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2023/05/ ... e-say.html
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The three told police they came between midnight and three a.m. on Memorial Day and hopped the fence, said Sgt. Ken Hatter, a spokesperson for the Manlius Police. A black metal fence surrounds the pond on Route 92 (Fayette Street) in the center of the village.
Faye was nesting so they were able to hold her down and she didn’t fight back, Hatter said.
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The teens, who are friends who live near each other on Syracuse’s North Side and attend high school together, were unaware it was a swan, he said.
“They believed it was just a very large duck,” Hatter said. “They did not know it was a swan.”
They said they thought it was wild and were unaware it belonged to the village, Hatter said.
“They did not have any idea of the significance that the swans had on this community,” he said.
The teens took Faye home and ate her with family and friends on Memorial Day, he said.
The teens were hunting and one had a hunting license. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating to see if more charges will be brought, he said.
They weren’t hunting out of hunger, Hatter said. It wasn’t because the teens had no food at home, he said.
The police have conflicting information on if the teens were going to sell the babies, he said. One teen who worked at a store, Black Friday Bins in Shop City, said he took two baby swans to work then brought two home to raise as pets.
A co-owner of Black Friday Bins said the store didn’t know the babies were stolen swans and that three workers were fired.
And then linked at bottom of that article,
Co-owner of store where 2 Manlius baby swans found says we didn’t know they were swans, 3 workers fired
Published: May. 30, 2023, 10:11 p.m.
https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2023/05/ ... fired.htmlQuote:
The co-owner stated online that he did not know his employees stole the cygnets from the pond and were unaware that they were swans. The store was working with police and the state Department of Environmental Conservation, according to the co-owner’s post.
Eman Hussan, 18, of Syracuse was arrested in connection with the killing of Faye, the mother swan, Manlius police Sgt. Ken Hatter said Tuesday. A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, both from Syracuse, were also arrested, he said.
It has not been confirmed if those arrested worked for Black Friday Bins.
The owner said online that the store kept the swans because the store feared taking the baby birds to a random pond or body of water. The owner said they attempted to call a sanctuary, but could not reach anyone due to it being Memorial Day weekend.
Facebook commenters accused the store of trying to sell the swans. It is unknown at this time if the store attempted to sell the cygnets.
The owner stated the store had nothing to do with the killing of the mother swan.
The co-owner of Black Friday Bins declined to comment tonight to Syracuse.com.
The cygnets are currently in the care of a biologist, who oversees the health and well-being of the swans for the village.
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