Feathers Lead To Stolen Swan

Police in Orlando, Florida, said a trail of feathers led them to a missing swan and the man accused of stealing the bird from a lake. Officers followed the feathers yesterday from Lake Eola in the city’s downtown to the backyard of Goeffre Peter Smart, 24, about three blocks away. A witness told officers Smart had been seen walking down the street holding the large swan. The bird, which was not injured, was driven back to Lake Eola in a police car and released. Smart was charged with grand theft, grand theft of commercial farm animal, being in a park after hours and animal cruelty. He was being held in lieu of $3,050 bail.