Bird cages sitting outside a Lehigh Acres home caught the attention of a Florida Fish and Wildlife officer who found them filled with illegally trapped migratory birds.
The man in possession of the birds, Arturo Granados Frias, 66, of Lehigh Acres, was charged with multiple violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, each a second-degree misdemeanor and animal cruelty, a first-degree misdemeanor.
The wildlife officer was on patrol July 19 when he spotted the cages while on Alabama Drive in Lehigh Acres, when the officer saw a house with several bird cages in the front yard and in the garage.
After asking a man…
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