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Auteur:  JFDéry [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 12:09 am ]
Sujet du message:  Don Hamper ... vient de se faire pogner hehehehe!
Et voilà, fallait bien que ça arrive un jour! Ça soulève toujours des questions quand un gars vends un paquet d'affaire règlementées sans permis. Et quand il s'en doute le moins, il se fait pogner pour quelque chose d'autre.

Don hamper vien de plaider coupable devant 3 chefs d'accusation concernant la vente et le transport illégal de faune indigène règlementé, notamment la Tortue mouchetée.
condamné à un ans et un jour
3000$ d'amende
7000$ à verser au US fish and wildlife
300$ de frais de court.


Voici le texte intégral: (bien fait pour lui...)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2005

Contacts:

Special Agent Paul Beiriger: 317-346-7014

Scott Flaherty 612-713-5309

EA05-08

Ohio Reptile Dealer Pleads Guilty to
Illegal Commercialization of Protected Reptiles

Donald B. Hamper, a reptile dealer from Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to a three-count Information charging him with the illegal purchase, sale and interstate transportation of Blanding’s turtles-- and other wildlife protected by federal and state laws. By pleading guilty to the Information, Hamper waived his right to indictment and trial and agreed to serve one year and one day confinement, to pay a $3,000 fine and $7,000 restitution to the State of Michigan Fish and Game Protection Fund, and pay a $300 special assessment to the court.

In his plea agreement, Hamper admitted that between June 2001 and June 28, 2003, he knowingly participated in illegal interstate purchases and sales involving 53 Blanding’s turtles and other wildlife including spotted turtles, wood turtles, and several species of snakes. Hamper’s commercial trade in the rare turtles, valued between $30,000 and $70,000, is prohibited by various wildlife laws in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. The interstate trade in wildlife obtained in violation of state laws is a violation of the Lacey Act, the nation’s oldest federal wildlife protection law. Maximum penalties for felony violations of the Act include imprisonment of up to five years, and fines of up to $250,000 for each offense.

In addition, Hamper agreed to donate $2,500 to the Wildlife Education Fund operated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and publish a statement in Reptile Magazine acknowledging his criminal conduct and describing his penalties. He also agreed to be placed on supervised probation following his release from prison during which time he is prohibited from possessing or handling any reptiles or amphibians. All of the agreed to will be evaluated by U.S. District Court Judge Algenon L. Marbley in Columbus, Ohio, prior to sentencing. No sentencing date has been set.

Hamper’s guilty plea and penalties resulted from a negotiated, global agreement between the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio, the Department of Justice, and the Franklin County, Ohio, Prosecutor’s Office. Hamper also faced prosecution in Franklin County, on violations of Ohio Revised Code and Columbus city codes involving record keeping, tagging and harboring numerous venomous Gila monsters and beaded lizards. As part of a separate plea agreement with Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office, Hamper agreed to relinquish ownership of all wildlife seized from him during the course of the investigation including the venomous Gila monsters and beaded lizards.

Hamper’s plea agreement is the result of “Operation E & T,” a joint investigation into the illegal reptile trade conducted by special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and investigators of the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Michigan and Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Hamper, a co-organizer of the All Ohio Reptile Show held monthly in Columbus, bought and sold turtles and other reptiles during the All Ohio show and similar venues in Michigan and Indiana. He also sold reptiles over the Internet.

The Blanding's turtle is a medium sized freshwater turtle with an average shell length of approximately 7 to 10 inches. Blanding’s turtles are easily identified by their bright yellow chin and throat and numerous yellow speckles on its domed upper shell. The turtle is found primarily in the Great Lakes region and extends from southern Ontario west including Michigan, Wisconsin, northern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, southern Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. It is protected from commercialization in most of its range.

The Blanding’s turtle is rare throughout its range and is State-listed as Endangered in Indiana and Missouri, and Threatened in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Blanding’s turtle is a species of Special Concern in Michigan and Ohio. It is also highly prized by those in the reptile trade.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 545 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 63 Fish and Wildlife Management offices and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.

-FWS-
Auteur:  Stav [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 12:20 am ]
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(bien fait pour lui...)


100% daccord avec toi . Au Moins aux é-u "ils ne gniaisent pas avec le poc"
Un petit ménage ici au Canada serait bien apprécié aussi ;)

Stav
Auteur:  JFDéry [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 12:52 am ]
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Hehehehe, j'en connais une couple dans une province avoisinante qui n'ont pas avantage à ce que le Canada se mette à l'action de nouveau!

JFD
Auteur:  Dom [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 12:55 am ]
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J'addore quand les trou du cul se font pognés...
Dom
Auteur:  Stav [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 2:52 am ]
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Hehehehe, j'en connais une couple dans une province avoisinante qui n'ont pas avantage à ce que le Canada se mette à l'action de nouveau!


Ouaip bien on connais ces mêmes gens je crois ;)

Stav
Auteur:  attchoum [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 9:29 am ]
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10 000$ d'ammande... ce'st aps sa qui va l'arreter il fait bien plus par année...
Auteur:  BuFF [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 10:12 am ]
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c'est une bonne chose... mais comme dit attchoum c pas réellement 10 000$ qui va l'arreter quoi que la prison c'est quelque chose quand meme la
Auteur:  Reptic-plastics [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 12:21 pm ]
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imagine le gars en prison: un gros beef tuer en série lapproche et lui dit: Pkoi té icitte toué? Don Hamper répond: ....ben...paske j'ai vendu des bibitte que javais pas le droit! lol

Bien fait! c ca qui arrive quand ont touche au bibitte qui faut pas toucher! paye pis awaye en dedans!
Auteur:  Simon Hamelin [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 12:33 pm ]
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lol le gros Don Hamper en prison bien fait pour lui.............. :evil:
Auteur:  BuFF [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 12:39 pm ]
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Reptic-plastics a écrit:
imagine le gars en prison: un gros beef tuer en série lapproche et lui dit: Pkoi té icitte toué? Don Hamper répond: ....ben...paske j'ai vendu des bibitte que javais pas le droit! lol


lollllll parce que jai vendu de tottu..... :roll:
Auteur:  JFDéry [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 6:48 pm ]
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C'est un gars pas mal connu aus États qui avait du stock pas mal rare, des fois, il est (était) un des organisateurs du All Ohio reptile Show.

http://www.kingsnake.com/hamper/


C'est aussi l'époux de Robbie Hamper, celle qui a écris le livre sur les Crested geckos et le nouveau livre sur les geckos léopards.

JFD
Auteur:  Forked Tongue [ Mar Fév 15, 2005 7:05 pm ]
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Lol il vendait peut etre des "bibittes" rares mais en prison il va faire la rencontre de nouvelles especes plus communes mais pas mal moins appréciées... :twisted:
Surtout avec le gros beef... :lol:
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