ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 25, 2006
Carroll County Attorney John Werden has been charged with hunting
geese during the offseason.
An officer from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the
charge at Artesian Lake, a county-owned public hunting area south of
Lanesboro, according to a ticket filed Friday in Carroll County
Magistrate Court.
Joseph Tilley, 61, and his son, Matthew, 31, of Carroll were with
Werden and also were charged.
Werden, 50, said he is innocent and that other members of his hunting
party shot the geese.
Goose hunting season in Iowa's southern zone, which includes Carroll
County, is from Sept. 30 to Oct. 8, and Oct. 21 to Jan. 9.
Offseason hunting of geese carries a $50 fine.
The Iowa attorney general's office will likely prosecute the case.
Werden, a Republican, is unopposed in his bid for a third term as
county attorney
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