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MI: State troopers sentenced for poaching deer on duty
State troopers sentenced for poaching deer on duty
Associated Press
6:09 AM CST, March 2, 2009
CHEBOYGAN, Mich. - Two Michigan State Police troopers from the Cheboygan
post have been sentenced to jail, will pay fines and lose their hunting
privileges for poaching deer while on duty.
The Cheboygan Daily Tribune reports Monday that Jeff Hadley was sentenced
to four days in jail for shooting a buck with his hunting rifle Nov. 12
while on patrol in Cheboygan County's Benton Township. Don Bolen received a
two-day jail sentence.
Judge Maria Barton told Bolen Friday he broke the law on duty, in a
police vehicle and while being paid by taxpayers to enforce laws.
The troopers will split $6,606 in Department of Natural Resources fines
and each will pay $3,105 in court costs. Both eventually will be transferred
from Cheboygan.
Both apologized during their sentencing.
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