BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 1, 2023
A Massachusetts man has been ordered to pay $10,000 after illegally transporting hares across state lines. Jon Rioux, 36, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, has also been sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay $1,843 in restitution to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife by U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen on Wednesday. Rioux was charged with four counts of interstate wildlife trafficking and one count of attempted wildlife trafficking between March 2021 and April 2021. It is illegal to transport rabbits from Maine to other states and sell them without a permit.