A Florida man was arrested the night of July 1 for stealing sea turtle eggs, according to a statement by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
The man, identified as Glenn Robert Shaw, 49, allegedly stole 107 sea turtle eggs from a beach behind a home on Jupiter Island, Florida.
Five days before Shaw’s arrest, FWC biologists received tips that someone had been poaching the eggs, the FWC said in an email.
The FWC immediately contacted law enforcement and increased patrols in the area.
On July 1, at about 10:30 p.m., FWC officers saw Shaw taking eggs from a female loggerhead sea turtle as she was laying them.
Shaw was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail where he was charged with a third degree felony for the taking and possession of the loggerhead sea turtle eggs.
Fifteen of the eggs were kept for evidence and DNA testing and the remaining 92 eggs were reburied by FWC biologists, according to the FWC.
