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Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Lacey Act Violations for Trading Illegal Snakes

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2015. Gerard Kruse, 42, a social worker who lives in Oviedo, Florida, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to 13 Lacey Act violations for his role in the trade of illegally caught snakes, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced.

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Kruse pleaded guilty to seven counts of illegal transport of wildlife and six counts of illegal receipt of wildlife, which under the facts of the case…

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