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California Teen Pleads Guilty to Sea Lion Assault

3 articles from 3 outlets First seen: August 14, 2026
2 left · 1 right · Earliest publisher-stamped report: Fox News and New York Times

The Pure Report account · 3 sources · as of Aug 16, 09:45 UTC Contested

Tyler Muehl pleaded guilty to violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act by harassing a sea lion. He faces up to a year in prison. Muehl lives in La Jolla, San Diego.

What we know

  • Tyler Muehl lives in La Jolla, San Diego.
    receipt “Tyler Muehl, of San Diego’s La Jolla neighborhood” — verbatim from Guardian — US · article
  • Muehl faces up to a year in prison.
    receipt “faces up to a year in prison” — verbatim from Guardian — US · article
  • Muehl violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
    receipt “violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act’s prohibition on harassment of wildlife” — verbatim from Guardian — US · article

Sources disagree

Plea type
federal crime
Guardian — US
misdemeanor violation
Fox News — Latest

Framing spectrum · 3 outlets

wirepublicmainstream flavoredpartisanadvocacy
Range 4–4 (Wire-neutral → Wire-neutral) Average 4/100 Lean: 2 left · 0 center · 1 right

Coverage patterns

Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): among the earliest were Fox News and New York Times — stamps within 90 minutes.

Lean Outlets Articles Who
Left 2 2 Guardian, New York Times
Right 1 1 Fox News
Report-by-report timeline · 3

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