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Two men plead guilty to shooting wild burros in Mojave Desert

LOS ANGELES — Two men who used short-barreled rifles to kill three wild burros in the Mojave Desert in 2021 pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges, prosecutors said. Under a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to recommend probation rather than prison time for the pair, who face up to 10 years behind bars just for their gun offenses. Cameron John Feikema, 36, of Yorba Linda, and Christopher ...
One of the many skeletal remains of burros in Halloran Springs, near Baker, California, in 2019.

LOS ANGELES — Two men who used short-barreled rifles to kill three wild burros in the Mojave Desert in 2021 pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges, prosecutors said.

Under a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to recommend probation rather than prison time for the pair, who face up to 10 years

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