BY CASSANDRE COYER UPDATED MAY 10, 2022 4:06 PM One of the resident turtles swims in the holding pond at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla. July 7, 2009. A South Carolina man illegally trapped, then shipped hundreds of freshwater turtles from Georgia to China for years, prosecutors say. He was sentenced to prison in May. J PAT CARTER ASSOCIATED PRESS A South Carolina man illegally trapped hundreds of freshwater turtles in Georgia that were eventually shipped to China for thousands of dollars, authorities said. Now, the man is facing prison time. Nathan Horton, from Orangeburg, a city about 44 miles southeast of Columbia, said he was a “wildlife enthusiast” and trapper all his life, according to a sentencing memorandum on Horton’s behalf obtained by McClatchy News. TOP VIDEOS Top Videos Hear from the journalists who reportedon big investors buying up 40,000NC homes × The Georgia Department of Natural Resources…