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Man sentenced for selling wild Ohio deer

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Edmonton, Alberta CANADA
Five years after selling wild Ohio deer to a southern hunting preserve, Danny L. Parrott was sentenced to 21 months in prison after a lengthy argument by attorney Phillip D. Lehmkuhl in a federal courtroom in Columbus, Ohio.



U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley delivered the sentence to Parrott, 62, of Kimbolton, Ohio, who faced as much as five years in prison for the crime. Lehmkuhl argued that his client should not receive prison time because he had led an exemplary life prior to the incident.



In October, a federal jury found Parrott guilty of 14 counts involving the sale and transport of 54 whitetail deer to a hunting preserve in South Carolina in 2005. The deer had not been tested for tuberculosis nor for chronic wasting disease as is required by Ohio and federal law.



Parrott sold the deer to hunting ranch owner James Schaffer, who pleaded guilty a year ago to illegally importing deer. He testified against Parrott and has not been sentenced.



The case closed a three-year investigation by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.



From: ADWA News Alert