U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (D) and Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su toured two workforce development organizations to talk about the importance of continued funding for their programs.
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — A 44-year-old Clarksburg man has been accused of shoplifting nine times over a 32-day period recently in Harrison County.
A man has been sentenced to home detention, for selling almost a hundred illegally harvested crayfish on the black market
A man has been sentenced to home detention, for selling almost a hundred illegally harvested crayfish on the black market 14 May 2021
Quentin Hawkins has four months and two weeks home detention, after pleading guilty to 12 Fisheries Act charges.
The crayfish from near Hastings, at Waimarama were sold between December 2018 and March 2019.
One other person has pleaded not guilty to similar fisheries charges, and a third person is yet to enter pleas.
It is illegal to sell crayfish caught recreationally. A subsequent MPI investigation called Operation Uncle discovered sales of illegally caught crayfish from the Waimārama area, between December 2018 and March 2019. Hawkins pleaded guilty to 12 charges under the Fisheries Act in relation to 97 illegally harvested crayfish, and on Thursday appeared in Hastings District Court, where he was sentenced to 4½ months’ home detention. Two other people are involved – one has pleaded not guilty to similar fisheries charges and the other person is yet to enter pleas. At the time, the wholesale value of the 97 crayfish Hawkins sold was about $4801.50. Hawkins received between $1455 and $1940 on the black market.