KS Man guilty in leopard sale

  • March 22, 2006
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KS Man guilty in leopard sale

 

A 59 year old Osage City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawfully selling a federally protected endangered black leopard in January 2005.

John E. Shirey pleaded guilty to interstate transportation and sale of an endangered species during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Rogers in Topeka.

U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren said Shirey, in his plea, admitted that on Jan. 11, 2005, he traveled to Nebraska carrying a black leopard kitten and was arrested after he exchanged the animal for $1,300 with an undercover U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent.

Shirey faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for June 23

 

http://cjonline.com/stories/032206/loc_leopard.shtml

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