JACKSON, Miss. ( WJTV ) – Two Louisiana men pled guilty to conspiring to violate the Lacey Act .
Prosecutors said Brandon Scott Favre, 49, of Baton Rouge, pled guilty on November 8, 2023, and Jason Martin, 50, of Hackberry, pled guilty on January 19, 2024. Both defendants pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of conspiring to transport a live white-tailed deer from Louisiana to Mississippi in violation of state and federal laws.
Favre was sentenced to a four-year term of supervised probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. He was also ordered to implement a four-year Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) sampling and testing plan on an 850-acre enclosure and ordered to pay $59,808.19 in restitution.
Martin is scheduled to be sentenced on April 3, 2024, and faces a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.
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According to court documents, Favre and Martin entered into an agreement to transport and receive live white-tailed deer from October 2020 through June 2021.