Category: Wildlife Crimes

Thomas M. McGann, Unlawful Taking of Under-Sized Dall Sheep, Alaska 2008
A Colorado man has been sentenced for unlawfully taking an under-sized Dall sheep in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in 2008. Anchorage, Alaska- U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Thomas M. McGann, 58, of Longmont, Colorado, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in Fairbanks for transporting an unlawfully taken Dall sheep.…

Mark A. Peyerk, Grizzly Bear Poaching, Alaska 2009
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Michael D. Cartwright, Migratory Bird Treaty Act Violation, Kentucky 2013
A Graves County, Kentucky resident has been ordered to pay a hefty fine and banned from hunting migratory birds for two years after pleading guilty to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Michael D. Cartwright, 63, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Lanny King to pay a $2,500 fine, and $35 in special penalty…

Nancy Black, Feeding Whales in Marine Sanctuary, California 2013
Grimy Times has learned that a California woman has pleaded guilty to illegally feeding killer whales in the wild. On Tuesday, Nancy Black of Monterey, California, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), specifically the MMPA’s feeding prohibition. The MMPA regulations make it a crime to feed marine mammals…

Jin Zhao Feng, Rhino Horn Trafficking, California 2012
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Steve T. Kinder, Lacey Act Crimes, Kentucky 2006
Kentucky Couple Charged with Lacey Act Crimes Based on the Illegal Harvest of Paddlefish from the Ohio River WASHINGTON – A Kentucky couple and their caviar companies were charged today with trafficking in and falsely labeling illegally harvested paddlefish, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced today. Steve T. Kinder, 51, and…

Travis Dardenne, Alligator Hunting Violation, Louisiana 2006
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