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VENANGO COUNTY "KILL FOR THRILL" VIOLATORS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE

FRANKLIN - Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced that a year-long prosecution of a case of multiple deer killed in Mercer and Venango counties has come to an end. Four individuals who were juveniles at the time of their offenses were held accountable for their gross violations of the Game and Wildlife Code, which has been called a disturbing incident of "kill for thrill."

Each of the four juveniles was charged with five counts of unlawful use of lights while hunting, four counts of unlawful taking or possession of game or wildlife, one count of loaded firearms in vehicles and one count of restrictions on recreational spotlighting.

Two defendants, a 17-year-old female and a 17-year-old male, both from Utica, Veango County, were found guilty on Dec. 31, in a hearing held before Venango County District Judge David Fish, of Pleasantville. The 17-year-old male defendant was assessed a $4,800 fine, and the 17-year-old female defendant was assessed a $4,000 fine. In addition to the fines, the defendants are responsible for court costs and each face revocation of their hunting and furtaking privileges for up to 12 years.

The other two defendants, a 17-year-old male, from Carlton, Mercer County, and a 16-year-old male, from Cochranton, Crawford County, pled guilty in October of 2007. District Judge Fish assessed the 16-year-old defendant to pay a $4,800 fine, and the 17-year-old to pay a $4,000 fine. In addition to the penalties, the defendants are responsible for court costs and each face revocation of the their hunting and furtaking privileges for up to 12 years.

"This was one of the most disturbing cases that I have been involved with," said Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer Clint Deniker, who serves western Venango County. "The four juveniles would spotlight deer with either a spotlight or the headlights from their vehicle. Upon finding deer in a field all four would exit the vehicle and shoot at the deer with .22 caliber rifles. The four would then drive to another field and repeat the process. There was no attempt to retrieve the deer. The subjects did not care if the deer were wounded or dead."

Deniker noted that the break in the case came when he and Deputy WCOs Neal Britton and James McCurdy were working routine night patrol on Oct. 30, 2005, in Canal Township, Venango County. The suspect's vehicle was stopped for late spotlighting at 2 a.m. Upon approaching the driver, WCO Deniker noted that the driver's face was splattered with blood and there was a bloody knife on the floor of the van. The subsequent investigation revealed that the blood splatter came from the driver cutting the throat on a deer the four had wounded. The deer was then drug into the woods.

"There is no telling how many deer were killed or wounded by the suspects," Deniker said. "They did not retrieve any of the deer they shot."

A detailed investigation conducted by WCO Deniker and others resulted in retrieval of multiple dead deer in areas where the subjects had shot.