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Songbird smuggler pleads guilty
Pinched for a finch? Terrence McLean, formerly of Elmont, pleaded guilty in federal court here Monday to the unusual charge of trying to smuggle 13 prized Guyanese songbirds into Kennedy Airport without declaring them, and faces trial Tuesday on a separate charge of violating Guyana's Wild Bird Protection Act. Guyanese wild finches - or "towa towas" - are extraordinary songsters, prized for their...
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