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FWC SPECIAL DETAILS PROVE SUCCESSFUL

February 14, 2005
Contact: Willie Puz, (772)215-9459

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers spent this weekend making strong cases to protect our wildlife resources.

In Martin County, FWC officers conducted a night hunting detail involving land and air assets looking for illegal hunting activities and their efforts were rewarded. Shortly before midnight Saturday, Feb. 12, the pilot spotted a truck circling a field and shining a spotlight - typical illegal night hunting activity. Land patrol units were dispatched to the area.

After hearing gunshots, the officers entered the property and were directed to the truck’s location by the air unit. Five individuals, Michael Robinson, Luisa Robinson, John Perrone, and Loriann Hubbell, all from West Palm Beach, and James Laduke of Okeechobee were caught in the act of cleaning deer. FWC officers found three deer: a 6-point antler deer on ground (in process of being gutting), one skinned and gutted deer on the tailgate, and a cooler of quartered-up deer parts.

Each received citations for taking deer at night with gun and light (1st degree misdemeanor; up to one-year in jail and/or $1000 fine, the loss of hunting privileges for 3 years, plus confiscation of hunting equipment involved) and possession of having freshly killed deer out of season (2nd degree misdemeanor; up to 60 days in jail and/or $500 fine). In addition, FWC officers seized the rifle, ammunition, spotlight, and deer as evidence, with the deer being donated to a local wildlife rehabilitator.

In Okeechobee County, FWC officers responded to a citizen’s report of someone shooting a hawk off a pole from their vehicle. The caller reported the tag number and general description of the vehicle and shooter, which led FWC investigators to West Palm Beach resident Donald Ponder, of Alam-O Farm.

FWC investigators retrieved the red shouldered hawk and interviewed Mr. Ponder, who confessed to the shooting and showed the gun. He was cited for unlawfully killing a federally protected bird (2nd degree misdemeanor, up to 60 days in jail and/or $500 fine).

 

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