03-19-2011, 08:02 PM
Yo Nigs...narwhal news!
http://www.ack.net/placesentenced030111.html
Convicted of illegally importing and trafficking in sperm whale teeth and narwhal tusks, Nantucket antiques dealer David Place was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison by a federal judge in Boston.
David Place
Place, 57, the owner of Manor House Antiques on Centre Street, was found guilty last November by a federal jury on seven felony counts of conspiracy, smuggling, and violations of the Lacey Act, which prohibits trade in wildlife that has been illegally taken, transported or sold.
He was sentenced to 33 months in prison Tuesday by Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The sentence was far less than maximum penalty he faced of 20 years behind bars and fines of up to $250,000.
Place has owned Manor House Antiques on Centre Street since 2006, but has a long history on Nantucket. Originally from Rye, N.Y., he first came to Nantucket after his sophomore year of college to work as a waiter at The Wauwinet. He later opened the Stumble Inne guest house on Orange Street, and has operated antiques shops at different locations for many years.
As of Wednesday afternoon, it was unclear where Place would serve his jail sentence, but Massachusetts does not have a federal prison, so he will be moved out-of-state.
http://www.ack.net/placesentenced030111.html
Convicted of illegally importing and trafficking in sperm whale teeth and narwhal tusks, Nantucket antiques dealer David Place was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison by a federal judge in Boston.
David Place
Place, 57, the owner of Manor House Antiques on Centre Street, was found guilty last November by a federal jury on seven felony counts of conspiracy, smuggling, and violations of the Lacey Act, which prohibits trade in wildlife that has been illegally taken, transported or sold.
He was sentenced to 33 months in prison Tuesday by Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The sentence was far less than maximum penalty he faced of 20 years behind bars and fines of up to $250,000.
Place has owned Manor House Antiques on Centre Street since 2006, but has a long history on Nantucket. Originally from Rye, N.Y., he first came to Nantucket after his sophomore year of college to work as a waiter at The Wauwinet. He later opened the Stumble Inne guest house on Orange Street, and has operated antiques shops at different locations for many years.
As of Wednesday afternoon, it was unclear where Place would serve his jail sentence, but Massachusetts does not have a federal prison, so he will be moved out-of-state.