Pennsylvania Man Charged With Trafficking Over 3,500 Turtles

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Pennsylvania man has been indicted on charges of trafficking over 3,500 protected turtles.
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says David Sommers poached diamondback terrapins and their eggs from coastal marshes in New Jersey.
The turtles are protected under New Jersey law and by an international treaty.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents allegedly seized over 3,400 diamondback terrapin hatchl