This isn't local, but nonetheless is quite interesting.
The Associated Press is reporting that an illegal deer hunt in Nevada cost two California men dearly, pardon the pun, with the pair sentenced to jail time, fined and ordered to forfeit the equipment they used when they killed the animal in 2005.
Forty-year-old Jon Warren of Redding and 57-year-old Alan Jeffers of Anderson were sentenced Wednesday in Nye County after being convicted of illegal possession of a mule deer, a gross misdemeanor.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife says the two were ordered to forfeit their truck, trailer, all-terrain vehicles, and firearms. Warren was sentenced to 45 days in jail. Jeffers was given 60 days. Both were fined $500 and put on probation for three years.
Game wardens say the pair applied for hunting permits in one area, then intentionally hunted in a different area.
So what do you all think? Does the punishment meet or exceed the crime?
The Associated Press is reporting that an illegal deer hunt in Nevada cost two California men dearly, pardon the pun, with the pair sentenced to jail time, fined and ordered to forfeit the equipment they used when they killed the animal in 2005.
Forty-year-old Jon Warren of Redding and 57-year-old Alan Jeffers of Anderson were sentenced Wednesday in Nye County after being convicted of illegal possession of a mule deer, a gross misdemeanor.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife says the two were ordered to forfeit their truck, trailer, all-terrain vehicles, and firearms. Warren was sentenced to 45 days in jail. Jeffers was given 60 days. Both were fined $500 and put on probation for three years.
Game wardens say the pair applied for hunting permits in one area, then intentionally hunted in a different area.
So what do you all think? Does the punishment meet or exceed the crime?
they killed and ate a deer, and they lose everything, i have lived in l b for years and they have some stupid laws, did they at least get the animal to eat, but