Turtle troubles.

• Position: STATELINE

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A man will spend some time in his own kind of shell for breaking the Lacey Act by trying to smuggle more than 100 turtles out of West Virginia to sell in Virginia. He was sentenced to a year in prison. The federal act protects both plants and wildlife by creating civil and criminal penalties for a wide array of violations. It also underscores other federal, state and foreign laws protecting wildlife by...