A notable golf course architect, credited with several high-profile redesigns and renovations, is facing prison time after pleading guilty to illegally transporting goods made from endangered species and other wildlife.
According to a Department of Justice release, Keith Foster could be sentenced to as many as five years in federal prison after he plead guilty Wednesday in Alexandria, Va., to smuggling between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of illegal items to sell at his Middleburg, Va., specialty shop, The Outpost, which he co-owned with his wife, Pam.
Foster, 60, was found to be in violation of the Lacey Act, which bans the trafficking of illegal wildlife or plants into the U.