Justice Dept.: Grand Jury Charges Hunting Guide and Company With Wildlife Violations
January 16, 2025
January 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025:
A grand jury in Seattle returned an indictment today charging a Washington man and his company with conspiracy and for violating the Lacey Act by transporting birds that had been hunted in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).
The indictment alleges that, from August 2022 to January 2023, Branden Trager, 46, of Brush Prairie, Washington, and his guiding . . .
A grand jury in Seattle returned an indictment today charging a Washington man and his company with conspiracy and for violating the Lacey Act by transporting birds that had been hunted in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).
The indictment alleges that, from August 2022 to January 2023, Branden Trager, 46, of Brush Prairie, Washington, and his guiding . . .