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By John Holyoke
BDN Staff
On July 14 a Limestone public works employee inspected a culvert and made a discovery he didn’t expect.
A 22-inch fish that weighed nearly 7 pounds, later identified as a South American pacu, was swimming in the small pond above the screened culvert.
A subsequent investigation has resulted in charges against the Limestone man wardens say illegally kept, then released the toothy pacu — a relative of the piranha — into the stream.
Joe LaPierre, 34, has been charged with illegally stocking inland waters and with possessing a restricted species of fish without a permit. Both charges are Class E crimes that could result in fines between $1,000 and $10,000.
At a press conference in Bangor on Tuesday, Game Warden Sgt. Dan Menard said wardens tracked down LaPierre after the pacu was found at a culvert on Mill Road. read more......
BDN Staff
On July 14 a Limestone public works employee inspected a culvert and made a discovery he didn’t expect.
A 22-inch fish that weighed nearly 7 pounds, later identified as a South American pacu, was swimming in the small pond above the screened culvert.
A subsequent investigation has resulted in charges against the Limestone man wardens say illegally kept, then released the toothy pacu — a relative of the piranha — into the stream.
Joe LaPierre, 34, has been charged with illegally stocking inland waters and with possessing a restricted species of fish without a permit. Both charges are Class E crimes that could result in fines between $1,000 and $10,000.
At a press conference in Bangor on Tuesday, Game Warden Sgt. Dan Menard said wardens tracked down LaPierre after the pacu was found at a culvert on Mill Road. read more......
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