Longview man faces illegal hunting trials in three counties
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 12:04 AM PDT
By Leslie Slape
Micky Ray Gordon of Longview, whom state Department of Fish and
Wildlife agents arrested last June on allegations of illegal hunting and
animal cruelty, is awaiting trial in three counties.
Gordon, 37, is set to go to trial May 22 in Jefferson County District
Court, where he is accused of hunting bear, cougar, bobcat or lynx with
dogs and three counts of hunting big game without a license.
On June 19, he is set to go to trial in Lewis County District Court
on a charge of taking or hunting black bear with bait.
And on Sept. 23, he faces a three-day trial in Wahkiakum County
Superior Court. He has been charged with one count of hunting black
bear, cougar, bobcat or lynx with the aid of hounds; one count of animal
cruelty; one count of unlawful big game hunting; five counts of criminal
trespass onto private woodlands; and two counts of felony second-degree
malicious mischief.
Gordon's co-defendants, Joseph Allen Dills, 21, Brian Phillip Hall,
40, Adam Steven Lee, 23, earlier pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges
and have been sentenced. All the men are from Longview.
Dills pleaded guilty in January in Wahkiakum County District Court to
second-degree unlawful hunting of big game and second-degree criminal
trespass. He was sentenced to three months in jail, $1,540 fines and two
years probation.
Hall pleaded guilty in November in Wahkiakum County District Court to
second-degree criminal trespass, third-degree malicious mischief and
hunting with dogs. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, $1,567 fines and
restitution and two years probation.
Lee pleaded guilty in November in Lewis County Superior Court to
hunting with a suspended license and was sentenced to one day in jail.
