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MAN FROM COCHITI PUEBLO SENTENCED TO 37 DAYS IN PRISON FOR VIOLATING MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Wayne Martin, 47, of Cochiti Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 37 days in prison for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by shooting and killing at least two dozen protected birds and selling them to an undercover federal agent.

Martin previously pleaded guilty to this offense on January 5, 2017.  According to court documents, he admitted to killing robins, hummingbirds, hawks, and other species.  He then failed to appear in court for his original sentencing hearing and stayed away for 21 months before agents arrested him.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigated this case with assistance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy Peña prosecuted the case.

             

Updated June 17, 2019
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USAO - New Mexico
Press Release Number: 19-85

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