On Friday morning, in downtown Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton sentenced Tin to nearly three years in prison for his role in smuggling the protected turtles out of the country.

When questioned further, the man reached into his pants and pulled out the turtle, which was about 5 inches (12 centimeters) long and wrapped in a small blue towel. He said it was a red-ear slider ...

On Friday, a man from East Stroudsburg was caught by the TSA at Newark Liberty International Airport with a turtle in his ...

When asked if he was hiding something, the man reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle, the TSA said. The reptile was wrapped in a small blue towel. Officials estimated ...

Town legislation mandates that oceanfront property owners ensure their lights aren't visible from the beach until the end of ...

The man pulled the turtle out of his pants when asked if there was something hidden in them. He told officials that the turtle was a red-ear slider turtle and officials estimated the turtle to be ...

When asked if there was something hidden in his pants, the man, a resident of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle wrapped in a small ...