SEATTLE — A federal judge has sentenced a Tulalip Tribal member to 111 days in prison for clubbing two bald eagles to death and then trying to sell them.
U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes said Shane Moses was sentenced Friday. He also was ordered to spend two years on supervised release once he’s out.
Moses pleaded guilty in May to violating the Lacey Act, which prohibits trafficking in illegal wildlife, fish and plants.
Court records say Moses was crabbing on Tulalip Bay in 2013 when he saw two injured bald eagles in the water. He clubbed them with a gaff, put them in a bucket and asked a friend to drive him to a taxidermist where he hoped he would be paid for the birds.
The Tulalip Tribal Police stopped Moses’ truck and took the eagles.
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