CLARKSVILLE —
A Jeffersonville man has been charged for illegally selling turtles from a Green Tree Mall kiosk, Indiana Department of Natural Resources reported.
Chau W. Tse, 36, was cited by DNR conservation officers for alleged illegal sale of an Indiana native reptile and for being over the possession limit of an Indiana native reptile species, both misdemeanors.
Tse had purchased the Red-Earred Slider Turtles from a business in Texas, according to a DNR press release, and had been selling the reptiles at the mall.
Federal authorities are conducting an investigation in Texas relating to possible violations by the Texas business and its sale of the turtles to Tse.
A total of 13 turtles were seized during the citation, 10 of which did not meet the minimum size requirement in Indiana.
The charges stem from complaints made by mall security to DNR officers on suspicions Tse was conducting illegal sales of the animals.
According to DNR officers, sale of native reptile and amphibian species in Indiana is prohibited, whether or not they were acquired within or out of the state.
The possession limit of any non-protected native reptile or amphibian is four of any one specific species, the agency reported.
Box turtles are also protected in Indiana and cannot be possessed without a special permit or be collected from the wild.
Indiana Conservation Officers are continuing their investigation, along with federal authorities in Texas.
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