bawanajim

I would love to know who these scum sacs are. Any one got any details?

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."

bawanajim

Come on some body knows who these dirt bags are, and everyone should know.[:-]
They stole from everyone of us who bought a license.

Prozacaddict

FYI: Since the accused are underage, law requires their names to be withheld.

bawanajim

I don't care to file suit against them ,but when I see them at the local "Stop & Rob" I want to point them out to every one present and let the whole world know what kind of trash they really are.[]

And I'll bet they are not all under age now.

Prozacaddict

Have you taken your medication today? You seem like an angered person with troubles. Why cant we all just hold hands.....

bawanajim

I'd love to hold hands with these butt plugs, it would be a joyous moment for almost all involved.

bawanajim

The teens would look for deer with a spotlight or their vehicle headlights. Upon finding deer in a field, all four would exit the vehicle and shoot at the deer with .22-caliber rifles. There were no attempts to retrieve the deer, Deniker said.
“They didn’t care if they killed or wounded them. They had absolutely no remorse at the time,” he said.

Prozacaddict

LOL.....you are a trip

Gundeck

Jim is right, though. These kids need more than a fine and a loss of license for a few years. If I had done something like this, my father would have beaten me half to death. He is not a violent man. I can count on one hand the number of times I was physically disciplined as a kid. But, this warrants the "near" death penalty.

bawanajim

Just think of the random gun shots. all of those bullets went some where. How many cows,horses and other eyes did these morons shoot at.[:@]