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Turtle kingpin to serve 16 months
Posted on 3/12/19 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 3/12/19 at 3:27 pm
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Burn that fricker in the quad
Snitches get stitches
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Prosecutors say a man who was a kingpin in an international scheme to traffic rare turtles will become the first person to serve prison time in South Carolina for illegal wildlife smuggling.
Burn that fricker in the quad
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The State reports 38-year-old Steven Verren Baker was sentenced to serve 16 months in federal prison Monday for his role in trading rare turtles on the black market
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He originally faced up to five years in prison but was given credit for helping authorities prosecute others. Prosecutors say Baker regularly trafficked in rare turtles in a scheme that involved turtle dealers in New York, Hong Kong, and the Carolinas.
Snitches get stitches
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Posted on 3/12/19 at 3:29 pm to Cump11b
Good!
Many turtle species are at risk throughout the world because of the exotic animal trade.
Various Asians are usually involved (food and medicinal purposes).
Many turtle species are at risk throughout the world because of the exotic animal trade.
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Hong Kong
Various Asians are usually involved (food and medicinal purposes).
Posted on 3/12/19 at 3:29 pm to Cump11b
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Snitches get stitches
He'll be swimming with the turtles soon after he gets out of the slammer.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 3:30 pm to Boudreaux35
First you make a roux
Posted on 3/12/19 at 3:31 pm to Cump11b
I’d have been more impressed if it was an actual turtle serving time.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 3:50 pm to Cump11b
These guys aren't selling pets to people that are taken care of in some rich person turtle paradise. They're selling rare, endangered turtles to weird Asians that eat them.
I'm good with this sentence.
I'm good with this sentence.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 4:06 pm to Sasquatch Smash
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Various Asians are usually involved (food and medicinal purposes).
Actually, most of the demand for the turtles is simply for pets. Apparently, having a pet turtle is a status symbol in a land where space for pets is very limited.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 4:12 pm to Cump11b
Posted on 3/12/19 at 4:13 pm to Cump11b
I'm shellshocked
Posted on 3/12/19 at 4:14 pm to Jimbeaux
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Actually, most of the demand for the turtles is simply for pets. Apparently, having a pet turtle is a status symbol in a land where space for pets is very limited.
Not according to 60 Minutes I saw though...
The SHELLS are a status symbol after you've eaten them.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 5:52 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Not according to 60 Minutes I saw though... The SHELLS are a status symbol after you've eaten them.
Well, that’s what I was told by the case agent on the related federal case here in New Orleans, and by the Chinese national that I supervised on bond.
It’s probable that 60 Minutes just made a bad assumption. Hell, to be honest, that’s what I assumed when I was assigned the case, that the Chinese were using the turtles for food or some whacky medicinal purpose like making your dick grow.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 5:54 pm to Cump11b
I legit thought Mitch McConnell was going to prison when I saw this thread.
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