FBI lookiing into alleged racial incident at Lemay

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The FBI is investigating after a stuffed monkey is found hanging in the locker of a black employee at the Lemay wastewater treatment plant in south St. Louis County.

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District runs the plant and says the incident happened April 10th before workers arrived for the day shift.

Spokesman Lance LeComb says threatening behavior won't be tolerated.

So far, there is no known motive. MSD's work force is about 20 percent black, and officials say there is no history of racial problems within the company.

Last year, a stuffed monkey was found hanging in a St. Louis fire house. The FBI investigated that incident, too, but determined the action was not a hate crime.

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