I Really Wish You Wouldn’t Have Told Me That
The question is which local markets they are referring to:
A Staten Island woman has been charged with illegally importing the heads, limbs and torsos of wild African animals — including a monkey’s arm and the hoof of an antelope — to peddle to local markets.
Mamie Manneh, 38, was arrested earlier this year after a JFK customs official found hacked-up animal heads and haunches in a shipment from Guinea. The contraband animal parts were stashed in a shipment of smoked fish.
A search of Manneh’s home revealed more limbs — including a monkey’s arm — in her garage, authorities said.
Manneh was charged with importing unauthorized goods and pleaded not guilty to the charges in April. She appeared last week before Brooklyn federal Judge Raymond Dearie to request time for her lawyer to get her medical records in order.
(Rejected post title: “Monkey Business.”)
Posted: November 6th, 2006 | Filed under: Feed, Just Horrible, Law & Order, Staten Island