Sentenced
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Cheating tournament anglers sentenced to jail
2 fishermen found guilty of cheating during walleye tournament sentenced to jail
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Memphis man sentenced to 12 years after death on Pickwick
two counts of vehicular homicide by intoxication charges from a boating collision on Pickwick Lake which resulted in two fatalities.
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Texas man was sentenced to prison for trafficking protected species
On Sept. 22, 2016, Carrillo picked up several reptiles from a supplier in Juarez, including a Central American river turtle
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Fisherman Sentenced for Killing Endangered Smalltooth
Ponce then used a power saw to cut the rostrum off the live animal.
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Man Sentenced to 20-Years in Prison for Attempting to Shoot a Wildlife Officer
A Humboldt County man who attempted to shoot a California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CFDW) wildlife officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Shawn Eugene Hof, Jr., 25, was convicted in Humboldt County Superior Court of assault with a firearm upon a peace officer with an enhancement of personally using a firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, using threats and violence upon an executive officer, negligently discharging a firearm at an occupied vehicle, and one misdemeanor violation of “spotlighting” (using artificial light to poach wildlife).
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Fisherman Sentenced for Illegally Trafficking American Eels
Richard D. Austin was sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment yesterday for trafficking juvenile American eels (also called "elvers" or "glass eels") in violation of the Lacey Act, following a hearing in federal district court in Norfolk, Virginia. The sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division and United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Dana J. Boente.
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Chicago Woman Sentenced for False Distress Call to Coast Guard
CHICAGO – A Chicago woman was sentenced in federal court Thursday for making a false distress call nearly two years ago which led to several agencies launching a dangerous search and rescue operation in Lake Michigan off of Rogers Park Beach. Leona Chewning, 24, was sentenced to 180 days of community confinement, three years of probation and $13,613 in restitution for knowingly and willfully causing the Coast Guard to attempt to save lives and property when no help was needed, in violation of Title 14, U.S. Code, section 88(c).