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- 11 months ago
Co-owner of shop where 2 baby Manlius swans were found says we didn't know they were swans, 3 employees fired
A co-owner of a shop where two baby swans from the Manlius Swan Pond were found says the shop didn't know they were swans.
The co-owner of the Black Friday Bins at 139 Shop City Plaza said on Facebook Tuesday night that two of the four stolen baby swans were in his shop. The co-owner said the store thought the swans were ducks or geese.
Three store workers were fired after it was discovered they had brought two of the four stolen baby swans into the store, the co-owner said.
A mother swan and hers four babies, also known as cygnets, were stolen from the Manlius swan pond, Manlius police said Tuesday. The mother swan died, police said. A source familiar with the investigation said the swan was eaten on Remembrance Day by the family of one of those accused of taking the swans.
Police said two baby swans were found in the store and two in a Syracuse home.
Manlius police and state Department of Environmental Conservation officers were seen at a home on Lilac Street in Syracuse Tuesday morning. An officer told Syracuse.com | In the Post-Standard the baby swans had been recovered.
The co-owner said online that he had no idea his employees stole the chickens from the pond and they didn't know they were swans. The store was working with law enforcement 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 murder of Faye the mother swan, Manlius Police Sgt. Ken Hatter said Tuesday. He also arrested a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, both from Syracuse, 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 he was worried about taking the baby birds to a random pond or body of water. The owner said they tried to call a sanctuary but couldn't get through because it was Memorial Day weekend.
Facebook commenters accused the store of trying to sell the swans. It is not known at this time if the store attempted to sell the cygnets.
The owner said that the store had nothing to do with the murder of the mother swan.
The Black Friday Bins co-owner declined to comment to Syracuse.com tonight.
The swans are currently under the care of a biologist, who oversees the health and welfare of the village's swans.
A co-owner of a shop where two baby swans from the Manlius Swan Pond were found says the shop didn't know they were swans.
The co-owner of the Black Friday Bins at 139 Shop City Plaza said on Facebook Tuesday night that two of the four stolen baby swans were in his shop. The co-owner said the store thought the swans were ducks or geese.
Three store workers were fired after it was discovered they had brought two of the four stolen baby swans into the store, the co-owner said.
A mother swan and hers four babies, also known as cygnets, were stolen from the Manlius swan pond, Manlius police said Tuesday. The mother swan died, police said. A source familiar with the investigation said the swan was eaten on Remembrance Day by the family of one of those accused of taking the swans.
Police said two baby swans were found in the store and two in a Syracuse home.
Manlius police and state Department of Environmental Conservation officers were seen at a home on Lilac Street in Syracuse Tuesday morning. An officer told Syracuse.com | In the Post-Standard the baby swans had been recovered.
The co-owner said online that he had no idea his employees stole the chickens from the pond and they didn't know they were swans. The store was working with law enforcement 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 murder of Faye the mother swan, Manlius Police Sgt. Ken Hatter said Tuesday. He also arrested a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, both from Syracuse, 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 he was worried about taking the baby birds to a random pond or body of water. The owner said they tried to call a sanctuary but couldn't get through because it was Memorial Day weekend.
Facebook commenters accused the store of trying to sell the swans. It is not known at this time if the store attempted to sell the cygnets.
The owner said that the store had nothing to do with the murder of the mother swan.
The Black Friday Bins co-owner declined to comment to Syracuse.com tonight.
The swans are currently under the care of a biologist, who oversees the health and welfare of the village's swans.