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Updated: 02/21/2012 08:04:29AM
Trial begins in sea turtle case
SUN PHOTO BY DREW WINCHESTER
Juanita Schultz, left, and her attorney Andrew Banyai listen to testimony from a state's witness during Schultz's trial on Monday. Schultz is accused of harming a sea turtle nest.
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PUNTA GORDA — An Englewood woman accused of harming a sea turtle nest was in court Monday, the first day of a third-degree felony hearing.
Juanita Schultz, 75, was charged with knowingly harming a sea turtle nest in front of her beach front property on Manasota Key in June 2010. She could face up to five years in prison.
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