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Jury Convicts District Of Columbia Fish Wholesaler & Two Employees For Purchasing Illegally Harvested Striped Bass

WASHINGTON—Following a five-week trial, a fish wholesaler and two of its employees were found guilty with purchasing illegally harvested striped bass, known locally as rockfish, from the Potomac River in Virginia and Maryland from 1995 through 2007, the Justice Department announced today.

Ocean Pro Ltd. d/b/a Profish, one of the largest District of Columbia seafood wholesalers, its vice-president Timothy Lydon of Bethesda, Md., and its fish buyer, Benjamin Clough of Graysonville, Md., were all convicted of a felony conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act. Ocean Pro and Lydon were also convicted of three felony Lacey Act violations, and Clough was convicted of three Lacey Act violations and a felony false statement charge. The Lacey Act is a federal law that prohibits individuals or corporations from transporting, selling or buying fish and wildlife harvested illegally.

Last Updated on Thursday, 08 July 2010 22:04 Read more...

Wildlife Enforcement Officer Meeting In Pennsylvania To Include Dedication To Flight 93 Victim

The 29th Annual Conference of the North American Wildlife Enforcement Officer Association is scheduled for July 14-18, at the Four Points Sheraton Pittsburgh North, near Cranberry Township, Butler County.

Dna Evidence Helps Convict York County Pa. Trophy-Buck Poacher

YORK - Michael Eugene Sponseller Jr., 19, of East Berlin, Adams County, was found guilty and sentenced to pay $1,100 in fines and $5,000 in replacement costs for the unlawful poaching of a trophy-class white-tailed deer in York County, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials. The sentence was handed down, on June 29, by Senior Magisterial District Judge Roger Estep, after a hearing in West Manchester Township, York County. Sponseller also faces revocation of hunting privileges for up to six years.

Last Updated on Thursday, 08 July 2010 22:05 Read more...

Pennsylvania Game Commission Files Charges In Illegal Killing Of Bear

Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer (WCO) Jim McCarthy, on June 21, filed charges against two men from Gouldsboro, Wayne County, for the unlawful killing of a 600-pound male black bear. Filed in Magisterial Judge Bonnie L. Carney’s Office, in Hawley, the charges were against Raymond Carl Kresge Jr., age 40, and Raymond Carl Kresge Sr., 66. If convicted, the father-and-son duo faces $1,800 in fines each, as well as $5,000 each for restitution in the case and costs of the DNA evidence.

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:44 Read more...

North Carolina Promotes Caveny to Colonel

Dale Caveny

RALEIGH, N.C. (June 15, 2010) – Dale Caveny, a 25-year veteran wildlife enforcement officer, has been promoted to the top wildlife enforcement post in North Carolina.

Beginning today as colonel, Caveny now leads the Division of Law Enforcement of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. He will direct 200 wildlife officers who enforce hunting, fishing and wildlife conservation laws, and boating regulations; offer hunter and boater safety courses; and investigate hunting and boating accidents.

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 June 2010 02:18 Read more...