PELLA MAN GETS PROBATION FOR SMUGGLING BEAR HIDES INTO US

Pella man gets probation for smuggling bear hides into US

A federal magistrate judge in North Dakota has sentenced a Pella man to a year of probation for unlawfully bringing two black bear hides into the United States from Canada. Manitoba licensing laws prohibit more than one big game license of the same type in the same hunting year. Prosecutors say 69-year-old Louis Floden Jr. admitted he shot the second bear and knew it was illegal. He agreed to forfeit the hides that he brought through the Pembina Port of Entry in North Dakota. The judge also fined  Floden $7,500 Tuesday (8/18) after he pleaded guilty to unlawful transport of wildlife in foreign commerce.

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