{"id":23714,"date":"2019-05-15T11:18:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=365926"},"modified":"2019-05-15T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:18:44","slug":"colorado-man-charged-with-falsely-labeling-a-bobcat-and-trying-to-sell-it-in-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/colorado-man-charged-with-falsely-labeling-a-bobcat-and-trying-to-sell-it-in-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado man charged with falsely labeling a bobcat and trying to sell it in Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/poacher-gpi-071316-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/poacher-gpi-071316-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/poacher-gpi-071316-768x576-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><figcaption><strong>Thad Bingham, pictured, admitted to illegal possession of wildlife in 2016.<\/strong><br \/><em>Post Independent file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 46-year-old Fruita man has been charged with violating federal wildlife preservation laws by allegedly transporting a bobcat across state boundaries for commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Thad Bingham was charged Friday with a felony violation of the Lacey Act by falsely labeling a bobcat and then sending it across state lines for sale, according to U.S. District Court of Denver court records.<\/p>\n<p>Bingham faces up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. The charge stems from an attempt to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/04\/26\/evergreen-man-killed-african-elephant\/\">sell a bobcat<\/a>&nbsp;on or about Feb. 24, 2014, for more than $350, the charging documents say.<\/p>\n<p>The case was prosecuted by an attorney from the federal Environment and Natural Resources Division.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the first time that Bingham faced illegal wildlife charges.<\/p>\n<p>Read more via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/05\/14\/man-tries-selling-bobcat-across-state-lines\/\">The Denver Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/colorado-man-charged-with-falsely-labeling-a-bobcat-and-trying-to-sell-it-in-utah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thad Bingham, pictured, admitted to illegal possession of wildlife in 2016.Post Independent file photo A 46-year-old Fruita man has been charged with violating federal wildlife preservation laws by allegedly transporting a bobcat across state boundaries for commerce. Thad Bingham was charged Friday with a felony violation of the Lacey Act by falsely labeling a bobcat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 22:39:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}