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If you ever wondered what might happen if you sold balg eagle feathers...

By Douglas A. Berman

this new Justice Department official press release, titled "Arizona Man Sentenced for Selling Bald Eagle Feathers," provides an answer: Cedric E. Salabye of Dilkon, Ariz., was sentenced Friday in federal court in Phoenix for selling 11 bald eagle tail feathers, the Justice Department announced today.  Salabye pleaded guilty on April 23, 2009, to one count of a federal indictment charging him with selling eagle feathers in violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.  Judge David G. Campbell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona sentenced Salabye to five years of probation, six months of home confinement and 150 hours of community service. At the time Salabye committed the violation in 2006, the bald eagle was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 31, 2009 (boomark / email).