SunHerald
Posted on Tue, May. 27, 2008
PA Game Commission: Huntingdon County Poaching Case Closed; Case of
Selling Wildlife Parts on Internet Results in Charges; Butler County
Processor Cited for Numerous Game Violations; Butler Juvenile Guilty of
Illegally Shooting an Eagle
Pennsylvania Game Commission
HUNTINGDON, Pa., May 27 -- A Huntingdon County poaching case recently
resulted in guilty pleas and convictions for the ring comprised of Cory
Mills, 18, of Rockhill; Matthew Varner Jr., 18, of Shade Gap; Bryan
Edgin, 18, of Needmore; and a 17-year-old juvenile, of Milroy, according
to Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer Justin
Klugh.
Mills pled guilty to illegally killing five deer, one count of unlawful
use of lights while hunting, one count each for illegally killing a
pheasant, raccoon, and bear; and one count of interference. District
Judge Mary G. Jamison, of Orbisonia, ordered Mills to pay $4,150 in
fines. Mills also will lose his hunting and trapping privileges for 16
years.
The juvenile pled guilty to one count of illegally killing a deer and
one count of unlawful use of lights. Judge Jamison ordered the juvenile
to pay $875 in fines. The juvenile also will lose his hunting and
trapping privileges for three years.
Varner was found guilty by Judge Jamison on two counts of illegally
killing a deer, and was fined $750. He also will lose his hunting and
trapping privileges for four years.
Edgin was found guilty of one count of assisting with the unlawful
possession of a bear, and was fined $500. He also will lose his hunting
and trapping privileges for three years.
BUTLER JUVENILE GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY SHOOTING AN EAGLE
FRANKLIN, Pa. - A juvenile of Butler City, Butler County, was ordered
by Butler County Juvenile Court to pay restitution and court costs
totaling $5,206 for the unlawful shooting an immature bald eagle,
according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials. The juvenile, who
was 17-years-old when charged, also was ordered to conduct 50 hours of
community service, and has had his hunting and trapping privileges
revoked for three years.
