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limerickpost.ieSt. Mary’s Man Gets 3 Years for Illegal Alaska Wildlife Guiding Scheme
A St. Mary’s resident received a three-year prison sentence and must pay more than $64,000 in restitution for operating unlicensed guiding services and collecting fraudulent payments. The case triggers mandatory restitution collection and closes one enforcement action in federal…
Nbc NewsWashington Man Arrested After Video Shows Him Throwing Rock Near Hawaiian Monk Seal
Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, was arrested May 13, 2026, near Seattle after video showed him hurling a coconut-sized rock at a beloved monk seal named Lani in Lahaina, Hawaii. He faces federal charges of harassing and attempting to harass an endanger…
nypost.comLouisiana Man Indicted on Federal Charges Involving Illegal Turtle Sales
A federal magistrate judge in Phoenix ordered Albert Bazaar held in custody Wednesday following his arrest on charges he poached more than 1,700 loggerhead musk turtles and other protected species from Florida. The indictment alleges he sold them to a San Francisco-based exporter…