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US tourist arrested for allegedly throwing rock at endangered Hawaiian monk seal
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A Washington state tourist was arrested on federal charges after allegedly throwing a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal off a Maui beach, with the incident captured on video.
US tourist arrested for allegedly throwing rock at endangered Hawaiian monk seal
A tourist from Washington state is facing federal charges after a witness recorded what prosecutors say was a video of him hurling a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal just off a Maui beach last week.
Special agents with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrested Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, in the Seattle area Wednesday, the US attorney’s office in Honolulu said.
Lytvynchuk, who lives in Covington, Washington, was scheduled to appear in US District...
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