Bangor, Maine: United
States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Mark Elkhorn, 58, of York, Maine
was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to one month in
prison and three years of supervised release for making false statements to a
federal agent. Elkhorn pleaded guilty to
the offense on January 18, 2018.
According to court records, in October 2015, a witness
provided a tip to law enforcement that Elkhorn was illegally trapping animals
in Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge.
An investigation confirmed the tip and uncovered additional
wrongdoing. As a result, Elkhorn was
convicted of state and federal charges.
In December 2016, Elkhorn sent a threatening text message from his
cellular telephone to the witness. In
January 2017, Elkhorn lied to a federal agent when he denied sending the
threatening text message to the witness.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, the FBI, and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries &
Wildlife.
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