Mother-Son Poachers of Caviar Get Jail Time
Mother-and-son leaders of a West Coast caviar-poaching ring were sentenced to partially suspended jail terms Tuesday, capping a two-year effort to protect the largest freshwater fish in North America.
Tamara Andreyevna Bugriyev, 51, and her son, Yuriy Stanislavovich Bugriyev, 28, sold roe from Sacramento-San Joaquin River white sturgeon in California, Oregon and Washington.
Each was sentenced to 150 days in jail, but 60 days were suspended for Tamara Bugriyev and she can avoid the remaining 90 by performing 540 hours of community service. Yuriy Bugriyev was ordered to serve 60 days in jail and the remaining 90 on work projects.
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