A Maquoketa man faces 43 charges for allegedly running an unlicensed taxidermy business in his house. Iowa Department of Natural Resources spokesman, Mick Klemesrud, says 36-year-old Lorin Felderman was arrested after a long investigation. He says the investigation was made possible after they got a sworn statement from a confidential informant.
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mmmm. bambi
Why do you have this posted on your web site. I mean the guy was stuffing animals, not out hurting people. How can you need a liscense to do this? is he doing this for the public, no he was just trying to make some extra money. Maybe if this crap town looked at people for who they were insted of who their family is, this guy wouldn’t have to do what he did.
I got my first elk in colorado, and took it to a so called taxidermy. my fault for not checking him out. I am out a 200.00 deposit and a beautiful hide. Several people were ripped off. The police department here in arizona said there was nothing they could do but i could take it to a small claims court. More power to the maquoketa PD. Illegal means Illegal.
hey shelly, where in arizona do you speak about the arizona PD. I totally agree. police dont want to make an arrest unless it runs a chance of getting noticed in the press. i was robbed over the 4th of july weekend. we knew who did it we knew where my stuff was at but the police didnt want to look in to the case. the ” defective detective” said and i quote” why don’t you just put a claim into your home owners insurance because it’s not such a dollar amount to be concerned about.”. i have a customer thru the car dealership i work for who contacted me after his customer info was accessed from the computer that was stolen. this person was in law enforcement. it didnt take long to catch the crook.
so i really think the cops need to look at each case. the person doing taxidermy is doing so to put food on the table. who can knock him for that.
most of the laws are created not for safety but for revenue. since mr felderman wasn’t lisenced they govt. couldn’t pinpoint where his income is so they can tax him. now that he got caught, they can impose fines to collect money for the govt. now we have a little bit to pay these hardly hard working cops. sorry i used to think police were ok but they are nothing short of nazis. the cops out here in AZ are pretty bad.
i guess i shouldnt put all cops in the same bunch as mesa, az , afterall, mesa, az has the worst chief of police in the business, our chief was the assistant chief during the L.A. riots then he gets moved here.
for the love of god please maquoketa , stay small town and have some pride. big isn’t always better.