“I’d like the statewide prosecutor to assume jurisdiction to prosecute poaching to ensure that those arrested are held accountable.”
James Uthmeier
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by number of sources“Uthmeier said he’d like the statewide prosecutor to assume jurisdiction to prosecute poaching to ensure that those arrested are held accountable.”
“We don’t have a lot of prosecutions when people are caught. Right now, most poaching offenses are mere misdemeanors. It’s a slap on the wrist and it has not been enough to deter bad actors who are out there breaking the law.”
“Repeated poaching could become a first-degree felony, ‘where you are looking at several years, many years behind bars,’ he said.”
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“If an individual is convicted of poaching on private land near people, a dwelling, or infrastructure, the penalty would be elevated to a second-degree felony.”
“Over the last year and a half since I’ve been in office as attorney general, we’ve received quite a few complaints where poaching is very prevalent here in the state of Florida,”
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