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AP. 02/21/2000
PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ A man pleaded guilty to trying to sell an eagle feather
headdress last worn by Apache leader Geronimo and was sentenced to six
months of probation.

Leighton Deming, of Suwanee, Ga., could have been fined Thursday up to
$15,000 or sentenced to six months in prison for violating the U.S.
Migratory Bird Protection Act. Part of the act prohibits trafficking in
golden eagle feathers.

Deming was also ordered to forfeit the $1 million, 93-year-old headdress.
The headdress had been given to Deming's grandfather and was considered a
precious family heirloom.

"I feel really bad about this. I'm sorry it ever occurred. It's been
devastating to my family," Deming told Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge James R.
Melinson.

Another man arrested with Deming _ Thomas Marciano, 42, of Atlanta _ has not
yet gone to trial.

The elaborate, full-length war bonnet, which U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
officials estimate was made from the tail feathers of at least six golden
eagles, was stored in a trunk for more than 90 years. It was being offered
for sale on the Internet for $1.2 million.

Several museums have asked for the headdress.
 

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