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Loud Mouth Poachers Brag About Smuggling Turtle Skull, Unaware Officers Are Sitting Beside Them
Image via Shutterstock Loose lips sink ships. Basically, if you're going to commit a crime then you probably shouldn't brag ...
California couple confided about stuffed mountain lion to fellow fliers, authorities say. They were in for a shock
The passengers in the row ahead were sure to have listened with avid interest. They were officers with the California ...
A Couple on a Flight Boasted of Illegal Hunting. Wildlife Officers Were Listening.
The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during ...
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‘Unsuspecting Couple’ Shows Smuggled Turtle Skull to Wildlife Officers
A California couple started chatting about their illegal hunting exploits with fellow passengers. Those passengers were ...
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Calif. couple bragged to wildlife officers they killed mountain lion, took turtle skull
A California couple told plain-clothed officers they were smuggling a sea turtle skull, hunted mountain lion and their family ...
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Casual in-flight chat exposes Napa County man’s ‘trophy room’ of illegally taken animals
Authorities found two stuffed mountain lions and one stuffed wolverine at a Napa County man’s home after his family members ...
USA Today9d
California couple revealed sea turtle skull to officers after 2023 flight, officials say
The skull, which was hidden in a jacket inside ... Officers also discovered that the couple illegally possessed mountain lion claws, a ringtail cat, a barn owl mount, a spike buck, and several ...
CDFW officers uncover illegal wildlife taxidermy trophies during flight chat
A Chico couple has reached a settlement in a case involving the unlawful possession of a sea turtle skull and other protected ...
CBS News8d
California couple expose smuggled turtle skull and more crimes to wildlife officials, leading to prosecution
The skull was wrapped in a jacket inside their ... Inside the home, officers discovered mountain lion claws, a ringtail cat, a barn owl mount, an illegal spike buck and numerous other unlawfully ...
Couple on a flight boasted of illegal hunting. Wildlife officers were listening
On the flight, the couple were talking about hunting while seated behind the two officers, who were not in uniform, the ...
Redding Record Searchlight8d
Calif. couple bragged to wildlife officers they killed mountain lion, took turtle skull
The CDFW announced Tuesday it settled cases against Byron Lee Fitzpatrick, 24, and Shannon Lee Price, 28, after investigators seized the sea turtle skull, parts of a mountain lion and barn owl ...