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CSI Yellowstone, or Whatever Happened to Bambi?

By Shari Allison

One bizarre unpublished criminal case. US v. Belderrain, No. 08-8016: Government officials learned about an elk's head in a taxidermist's shop in Montana. In the investigation, Mr. Belderrain, the taxidermist, and others told the government that Mr. Belderrain had shot the elk in the Buffalo Horn drainage, an area outside Yellowstone National Park, while Mr. Belderrain was on an outfitting expedition. He entered into a plea agreement with the US Attorney's office in Montana that provided that, once Mr. Belderrain had pled guilty to state charges connected with the dead elk, he would not be referred to the US Attorney's office for the district of Montana for prosecution but that new information concerning violation of federal wildlife and/or criminal statutes would be referred for federal prosecution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).