The officers conversed with the couple, who unsuspectingly revealed that they were transporting the skull of a sea turtle from the East Coast in their luggage, according to California wildlife ...

A casual conversation on a 2023 flight exposed several wildlife crimes committed by three Northern California residents, ...

A conversation with the officers and the unsuspecting couple ensued that ultimately led to the couple disclosing that they were transporting a sea turtle skull from the East Coast in their luggage, ...

A California couple started chatting about their illegal hunting exploits with fellow passengers. Those passengers were wildlife officers.

A California couple told plain-clothed officers they were smuggling a sea turtle skull, hunted mountain lion and their family ...

The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during the flight. By Alexandra E. Petri On a flight to Sacramento in November ...

SACRAMENTO — A California couple pleaded guilty after exposing a series of wildlife crimes, including illegally smuggling the skull of an endangered sea turtle, to state Fish and Wildlife ...

Not only that, the couple had a trophy of their own, the skull of a green sea turtle, and it was with them aboard that very plane. The passengers in the row ahead were sure to have listened with ...