Georgia man faces prison again for stealing sea turtle eggs

[jpak]

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/24/georgia-man-faces-prison-again-for-stealing-sea-turtle-eggs/

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Less than two years after he was released from prison, Lewis Jackson found authorities waiting for him as he boarded a ferry boat on remote Sapelo Island carrying a cooler full of contraband valued by some as a mythical aphrodisiac.

Inside the cooler, investigators found zip-top bags filled with the ping-pong ball sized eggs of loggerhead sea turtles, animals protected by the Endangered Species Act. Stealing eggs of the threatened species is a federal crime.

Jackson was arrested July 7 in coastal Georgia with 84 sea turtle eggs swiped from a turtle nest on the barrier island’s unspoiled beach. Authorities knew to look for him because it wasn’t his first offense. He had served six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing 156 loggerhead eggs in May 2012.

Now Jackson, 60, could return to prison for up to five years. He’s scheduled for sentencing by a U.S. District Court judge Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in August to what was nearly a carbon copy of his earlier crime.

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[Hoppy]

1. Ya sure he didn't sneak across the border from Florida?

[hobbit709]

2. Another slow learner.

[LisaL]

3. Yes, he needs to repeat the course (prison time).

[alphafemale]

4. Good. Wish it were more than 5 years.

Trash ass poacher filth.