May 24, 2017
From Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission
On Wednesday, May 24, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
(FWC) officers arrested nine suspects for violations of Florida’s laws pertaining to possession of American alligator, alligator egg harvesting, interstate transport of alligator eggs and hatchlings, falsifying official records, dealing in stolen property, conspiracy to commit racketeering, racketeering and other wildlife violations.
These serious charges include first-, second- and third-degree felonies.
During the course of the investigation, FWC undercover officers documented numerous criminal violations, resulting in the arrest of nine individuals for 44 felony violations.
Investigators documented over 10,000 illegally harvested eggs during the course of the undercover operation.
The suspects and their charges are as follows:
Robert Kelly Albritton:
One felony count of Racketeering.
One felony count of Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering.
One felony count of Scheme to Defraud.
Fourteen felony counts of Unlawful Possession of Alligator Eggs/Alligators.
Robert Thomas Beasley
One felony count of Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering.
Six felony counts of Unlawful Possession of Alligator Eggs/Alligators.
David Wentworth Nellis
One felony count of Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering.
One felony count of Uttering a Forged Instrument.
One felony count of Unlawful Possession of Alligator Eggs.
Carl Wayne Pickle Jr.
One felony count of Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering.
Four felony counts of Unlawful Possession of Alligator Eggs/Alligators.
Wayne Andrew Nichols
Three felony counts of Unlawful Possession of Alligators.
One felony count of Unlawful Killing of White Ibis.
One first-degree misdemeanor count of Attempting to Take White Ibis.
Christopher Lee Briscall
One felony count of Unlawful Possession of Alligators.
One felony count of Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in Stolen Property.
Matthew Edward Evors
One felony count of Unlawful Possession of Alligators.
One felony count of Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in Stolen Property.
Isaiah Joseph Romano
One felony count of Unlawful Possession of Alligators.
One felony count of Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in Stolen Property.
Jacob Oliver Bustin-Pitts
One felony count of Unlawful Possession of Alligators.
One felony count of Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in Stolen Property.