Subj : Re: Thieving TexMex latina beachgoer who took queen conch shells sente To : All From : street04108@gmail.com Date : Sun Jul 22 2018 01:13:30 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september ..org!feeder.eternal-september.org!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.ph ibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.70.MISMAT CH!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds -media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post 02.iad!fx09.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail User-Agent: NewsTap/4.0.1 (iPhone/iPod Touch) From: Street Newsgroups: dfw.general,fl.general,misc.immigration.usa,alt.politics.obama,alt.politics.dem ocrats,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,sac.politics Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <1430590839553936099.731190street04108-gmail.com@news.easynews.com> Subject: Re: Thieving TexMex latina beachgoer who took queen conch shells sentenced to 15 days in jail: report References: Lines: 36 X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com Organization: Easynews - www.easynews.com X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 07:13:30 GMT X-Received-Bytes: 2739 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2202723521 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org dfw.general:12379 fl.general:4111 misc.immigration.usa:21215 alt.politics.obama:413825 alt.politics.democrats:674025 alt.fan.rush-limbaugh:2208655 Brewster wrote: > A 30-year-old woman from Dallas, Texas, is facing more than two weeks > of jail time next month after removing protected conchs from the water > last summer, the Florida Keys Keynoter reports. > > A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officer > nabbed Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez at a Key West home in July 2017 after > someone reportedly witnessed the woman cleaning off the mollusks. > > The officer said he found the conchs in plastic bins and transported > them back into the ocean, with the majority of them alive, according > to the newspaper. > > Fiscal-Gonzalez allegedly intended for the 40 seashells to be gifts. > > On Friday, she pleaded no contest and told a judge she wasn’t aware it > was against the law to take them, the report said. > > She was sentenced to jail for 15 days and given 6 months probation in > addition to paying $268 in court costs and a $500 fine, according to > the newspaper. > > The Florida FWC says people can legally collect seashells, but the > shells can't contain a living organism. > > "It is not unlawful to possess queen conch shells in Florida as long > as the shells do not contain any living queen conch at the time of > collection, and so long as a living queen conch is not killed, > mutilated, or removed from its shell prior to collection," the agency > explains on its website. > > http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/19/florida-beachgoer-who-took-queen-conch-she lls-sentenced-to-15-days-in-jail-report.html?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intc mp=obnetwork It's immoral to collect shells containing live animals, but it can be done accidentally. Did she know they were alive? --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .