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tourist to spend 15 days in jail for collecting conch shells in Florida
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:23 am
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:23 am
A Texas woman who vacationed in the Florida Keys will spend 15 days in jail and another six months on probation for taking 40 queen conchs from the ocean. Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez pleaded no contest while apologizing to a judge at her July 13 court date in Monroe County, Fla. for taking the sea creatures out of their habitat, according to the Miami Herald. Fiscal-Gonzalez, 30, said she didn’t know the mollusks were protected and it was illegal to move them.
She said she planned to give the shells away as gifts, the newspaper reported.LINK
She said she planned to give the shells away as gifts, the newspaper reported.LINK
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Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:24 am to BowDownToLSU
idk either
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:24 am to BowDownToLSU
Florida KEY KEYS, do ya love me?
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:25 am to BowDownToLSU
40 conch shells is a bit much.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:25 am to BowDownToLSU
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for taking 40 queen conchs from the ocean
Since it's the keys do they just assume all conchs are queens until they find out they're straight?
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:25 am to BowDownToLSU
Both the defendant and the shells...
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:26 am to BowDownToLSU
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said she didn’t know the mollusks were protected and it was illegal to move them.
I'm going to use this defense...
I didn't know I couldn't shoot him!
Was it wrong to rob that bank?
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:26 am to BowDownToLSU
40 conchs? That's a helluva gang bang
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:26 am to BowDownToLSU
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Fiscal-Gonzalez, 30, said she didn’t know the mollusks were protected and it was illegal to move them.
She said she planned to give the shells away as gifts
bullshite. She was going to sell them.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:26 am to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:27 am to 50_Tiger
quote:my wife collected quite a few when we went a couple years ago for the same reason, to give to nieces and nephews... I had no idea it was illegal
40 conch shells is a bit much.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:27 am to BowDownToLSU
Yes. It’s known not that take conch shells when in the keys.
We went on one of those all day Fury booze cruise day trips last time I was there. These Asians kept on trying to sneak them back on the boat once we left each island and were constantly getting fussed at for doing so.
We went on one of those all day Fury booze cruise day trips last time I was there. These Asians kept on trying to sneak them back on the boat once we left each island and were constantly getting fussed at for doing so.
This post was edited on 7/19/18 at 10:29 am
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:28 am to BowDownToLSU
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer John Martino arrested Fiscal-Gonzalez after he received a tip about a woman collecting conchs from a concerned citizen. The officer arrived at the house where the Texas resident was staying and found the conchs in bins outside.
He told the Herald that most of the sea creatures were still alive and he was able to return them to the water.
Fiscal-Gonzalez is due to return in court on Aug. 10 when she will begin her sentence.
1)This is sure to drive up tourist numbers
2)Thank god they got this dangerous criminal off the streets
3)I am sure the taxpayers are happy to put up this criminal in their tax funded jail for 15 days
Its hard to imagine what would habe happened had they just placed the seashells back and let her off with a warning.
Eta: I didnt see how many she took- 40 shells is a bit much
This post was edited on 7/19/18 at 10:35 am
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:29 am to BowDownToLSU
Who cares? They’re just rocks
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:29 am to 50_Tiger
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40 conch shells is a bit much.
Agreed. If she wants to hand them out as gifts then I could see three or four. But 40?
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:32 am to BowDownToLSU
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she planned to give the shells away as gifts
bullshite, she was going to sell them
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:32 am to BowDownToLSU
Maybe 1 of 2. Taking 40 is just shellfish.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:33 am to Open Dore Policy
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Maybe 1 of 2. Taking 40 is just shellfish.
well played
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:34 am to NYNolaguy1
Maybe if she hadn’t taken FORTY.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 10:34 am to BowDownToLSU
Those are some good eating.
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