crossing state borders with pythons and reticulated pythons

[JoshSloane]

State and county LE doing traffic duty probably won't know (or care) whether or not you are legally transporting a Lacey species.

OTOH Tinley is coming up soon and it's already been reported on some forums that FWS will have a presence there. It would be absurdly easy to walk through the parking lot and note any out-of-state license plates on vehicles.

You still do not have a functional understanding of incrimination in a legal setting. Being from out of state and having a lacey act species does NOT incriminate you. These are CRIMINAL charges, not civil. They would have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you actively transported banned species across state lines. That means EVIDENCE directly showing you PHYSICALLY crossing the state line with species in hand. Showing up at a reptile show from out of state with banned species doesn't prove a thing. You could have picked them up ten feet across the border.