2 Louisiana men plead guilty to importing deer

JACKSON, MS- Two Louisiana men have pleaded guilty to importing live white-tailed deer into Mississippi.  Federal prosecutors say 75-year-old Edward L. Donaldson Jr. and 42-year-old John Jared Oertling, both of Pearl River, Louisiana, pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act. It is illegal to import live deer into Mississippi and against federal law to transport wildlife across state lines.  The Clarion-Ledger reports Donaldson and Oert