Yakama Nation member pleaded guilty to selling eagle feathers

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE -- Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Willard Phillip Maldonado entered guilty pleas to six criminal charges relating to the commercialization of eagles.

Five of the charges are violations of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. § 668(a)) and one charge is a violation of the Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 3372(a)(1) and 3373(d)(1)(B). According to information disclosed during the proceeding, the crimes occurred over a period of more than two years -- from December 6, 2010 through January 27, 2014. The crimes involved the unlawful killing of bald and golden eagles and the offering for sale and the actual selling of their feathers.

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