Queens, NY – A group of thieves were arrested after being caught on video stealing a federally protected swan from a park in New York City. The strange crime involved four young men who snatched a swan from Howard Beach – the video shows one of the individuals with the swan in his arms, running towards a car.
The swan was stuffed inside the vehicle and the thieves drove away, laughing.
Thanks to the video footage, which went viral on social media, the group was identified less than 24 hours later by NYC Parks worker Frank Kelly, who reported them to the authorities. The police were able to locate the people responsible, and they were arrested – one, a minor, was released to his parents. The names of those involved have not been released.
The police nabbed those involved and found the swan’s feathers inside of the getaway car, but the swan is nowhere to be found, and people fear that she met with a deadly fate. As reported by the New York Post, there are fears the swan was sacrificed.
Tragically, she had a nest of babies who are left behind and now motherless.
Charges against the swan bandits are pending.
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