U.S. v. REEVES

Criminal No. 11-520 (JBS).

891 F.Supp.2d 690 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America v. Thomas REEVES Todd Reeves Renee Reeves Shellrock, LLC Kenneth W. Bailey Mark Bryan Pamela Meloney Harbor House, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne D. Hettenbach , Senior Trial Attorney, Patrick M. Duggan , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department Of Justice, Environmental Crimes Section, Washington, D.C., William J. Hughes, Jr., Esq. , Cooper, Levenson, April, Niedelman & Wagenheim, PA, Atlantic City, NJ, for Defendant Thomas Reeves, for Defendant Shellrock, LLC.

Edwin J. Jacobs, Jr., Esq. , Michael F. Myers, Esq. , Jacobs & Barbone, Atlantic City, NJ, for Defendant Todd Reeves, for Defendant Shellrock, LLC.

Alois Harold Kokes, Esq. , Ocean City, NJ, for Defendant Renee Reeves.

John S. Furlong, Esq. , Furlong & Krasny, Esqs., West Trenton, NJ, for Defendant Mark Bryan.

Justin T. Loughry, Esq. , Lawrence W. Lindsay, Esq. , Loughry & Lindsay, LLC, Camden, NJ, for Defendant Pamela Meloney.

Kevin P. McCann, Esq. , Beth Ann Hellriegel White, Esq. , Chance & McCann LLC, Bridgeton, NJ, for Defendant Kenneth Bailey.


OPINION

SIMANDLE, Chief Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Under the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3371-3378, Congress has provided for federal criminal penalties premised upon the violation of various state, tribal, foreign and federal fish and wildlife protection laws. It is, for example, a federal crime to knowingly sell or purchase, in interstate commerce, fish or wildlife that has been taken "in violation of any law or regulation of any State...

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