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Dallas woman gets 15 days in Florida jail for collecting seashells on vacation [View all]
A Dallas woman who spent her vacation collecting 40 queen conch shells from the Florida Keys will serve 15 days in jail and six months of probation and pay $768 for her souvenirs.
Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez, 30, pleaded no contest and told the Monroe County judge she didn't know it was illegal to collect the shells when they contain state-protected mollusks, The Miami Herald reported.
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officer was able to return most of the shells to the water alive after an anonymous Key West tip sent him to Fiscal-Gonzalez, according to the Herald.
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/07/19/dallas-woman-gets-15-daysfor-collecting-seashells-vacation
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