A local butcher who was accused of wasting nearly a dozen game animals in a broken cooler has had his charges dismissed. Dusty Cole Wakefield was initially charged with four felony counts of unlawful ...

The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during the flight.

"Luckily for us, he seemed to be pretty familiar with snakes," Fish and Game conservation officer Griffin McKeown joked to the outlet, referring to the employee who first discovered the reptile.

The two officers were seated in front of a couple ... in which he was convicted of two Fish and Game violations, fined $605, and ordered to serve six months of probation, the CDFW said.