Facing a mammoth fine of up to $14 million, a 20-year-old in the US is facing a mammoth fine for pouring bleach into a salmon tank that killed 18,000 fish.
The incident occurred in Oregon after 20-year-old Joshua Alexander Heckathorn, 20, broke into the Winchester Bay Salmon Trout Enhancement Program facility.
After his arrest, he admitted that he had obtained the bleach a day earlier on April 22 when he went ahead with his heinous act.
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The charges he faces are burglary, trespassing and damaging property belonging to another.
The type of salmon the 20-year-old killed is stocked in Oregon and the fine for each fish is $750.
The salmon were scheduled to be released in June in the Oompqua River and from there begin their journey to Alaska.
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