Men Fined $3,000 Each in Butterfly-Poaching Case
- Share via
PHOENIX — Two men were fined $3,000 each, placed on probation and ordered to stay away from wildlife sanctuaries for poaching rare butterflies from Grand Canyon National Park. The two could have been sentenced to 9-year prison terms.
Thomas Kral was placed on probation for three years. Richard Sklaski drew five months in a work furlough program and five months in a halfway house, to be followed by two years’ probation.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
John Orr was a renowned fire investigator who was also a prolific arsonist, and whose thinly veiled novel helped to convict him. In this episode we hear from the fire captain who first suspected him—and from Orr himself.
Madison McGhee is joined by legendary Dateline host Josh Mankiewicz and esteemed L.A. Times Reporter Richard Winton as the three of them dive into all-things Menendez Brothers, the good, the bad, and the still unknown.
NPR climate editor Sadie Babits talks about why the media has long overlooked the climate crisis, and how that’s starting to change.
