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Three men were caught taking live deer across state lines

Three men accused of illegally transporting live deer across state lines have been charged, federal prosecutors said.Brian Poling, 51, of Albirght, W.Va., Levi Weaver, 74, of Fredericksburg, Ohio, and Leroy Miller, 30, of Millersburg, Ohio, allegedly violated the Lacey Act, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. The release said Poling, who manages Dream Mountain Ranch in Preston County, is accused of working with Weaver and Miller to transport deer without health certificates required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Regulations require a veterinarian inspection certificate and proof of a tuberculosis test when taking wildlife across state lines

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