Mill Owner Sentenced to Prison for Purchases and Sales of Stolen Figured Maple from National Forest (United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington)

(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington) A Winlock, Washington wood buyer was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to six months in prison, six months of home detention and three years of supervised release and $159,692 in restitution for violating the Lacey Act by trafficking in big leaf maple illegally cut on national forest land, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. HAROLD CLAUSE KUPERS, 48, owner and...