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Poacher fined $14,820; gets 90 days in jail
2/11/03
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) - Circuit Judge John Sampson sentenced a Big Horn man to 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to poaching five trophy-class deer, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Jesse S. Newman, 20, was also ordered to pay $14,820 in fines, said Warren Mischke, information specialist with the G&F in Sheridan.
Mischke said $7,500 of the fines will be placed in the G&F Stop Poaching program.
Newman pleaded guilty to poaching four trophy-class white-tailed deer and one mule deer near Big Horn between 1999 and 2001, Mischke said.
''This was a very serious crime. Jesse Newman stole wildlife from the people of Wyoming. Any one of these deer would have been prized as a lifetime hunting trophy,'' said local G&F wildlife investigator Scott Adell. ''Many people enjoyed seeing these beautiful animals. These opportunities have been taken away from the citizens of this state.''
Adell added, ''Judge Sampson stated this case is the most aggravated wildlife crime he has seen in his more than 11 years of service.''
Newman will serve 2 1/2 years supervised probation after his release from jail.
He also had his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges revoked for 24 years in Wyoming and 16 other states belonging to the Western States Wildlife Violator Compact, Mischke said.
Mischke said Jesse Newman pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of violating Wyoming's ''winter range statute,'' one for taking an antlered deer out of season and one for taking a deer without a proper license.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of over-limit of deer.
Additional charges of taking deer deer without a proper license and over-limit of deer in 2002 were dismissed by the Sheridan County Attorney's Office in exchange for his guilty pleas to the other charges, Mischke said.
Mischke said the case broke in December 2001 when the G&F received a tip from a local resident.
''The ensuing investigation revealed Newman cruised Big Horn-area roads and shot the deer near dusk with a .220 Swift-caliber rifle, an illegal big-game caliber in Wyoming,'' Mischke said.
Adell said the white-tailed deer included one buck with antlers having six points on one side and five on the other, two five-by-fives, and another having nontypical antlers shaped like ''crab claws.''
The mule deer had a five-by-five rack.
The antlers will be used for educational purposes and possibly in G&F ''Stop Poaching'' displays, Mischke said.
Jesse Newman was convicted in 1999 of shooting a deer from a public road near Big Horn, he said.
Two other local men, Cody Warnke, 19, and Justin Koltiska, 25, were implicated in the latest poaching case and were previously sentenced.
2/11/03
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) - Circuit Judge John Sampson sentenced a Big Horn man to 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to poaching five trophy-class deer, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Jesse S. Newman, 20, was also ordered to pay $14,820 in fines, said Warren Mischke, information specialist with the G&F in Sheridan.
Mischke said $7,500 of the fines will be placed in the G&F Stop Poaching program.
Newman pleaded guilty to poaching four trophy-class white-tailed deer and one mule deer near Big Horn between 1999 and 2001, Mischke said.
''This was a very serious crime. Jesse Newman stole wildlife from the people of Wyoming. Any one of these deer would have been prized as a lifetime hunting trophy,'' said local G&F wildlife investigator Scott Adell. ''Many people enjoyed seeing these beautiful animals. These opportunities have been taken away from the citizens of this state.''
Adell added, ''Judge Sampson stated this case is the most aggravated wildlife crime he has seen in his more than 11 years of service.''
Newman will serve 2 1/2 years supervised probation after his release from jail.
He also had his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges revoked for 24 years in Wyoming and 16 other states belonging to the Western States Wildlife Violator Compact, Mischke said.
Mischke said Jesse Newman pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of violating Wyoming's ''winter range statute,'' one for taking an antlered deer out of season and one for taking a deer without a proper license.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of over-limit of deer.
Additional charges of taking deer deer without a proper license and over-limit of deer in 2002 were dismissed by the Sheridan County Attorney's Office in exchange for his guilty pleas to the other charges, Mischke said.
Mischke said the case broke in December 2001 when the G&F received a tip from a local resident.
''The ensuing investigation revealed Newman cruised Big Horn-area roads and shot the deer near dusk with a .220 Swift-caliber rifle, an illegal big-game caliber in Wyoming,'' Mischke said.
Adell said the white-tailed deer included one buck with antlers having six points on one side and five on the other, two five-by-fives, and another having nontypical antlers shaped like ''crab claws.''
The mule deer had a five-by-five rack.
The antlers will be used for educational purposes and possibly in G&F ''Stop Poaching'' displays, Mischke said.
Jesse Newman was convicted in 1999 of shooting a deer from a public road near Big Horn, he said.
Two other local men, Cody Warnke, 19, and Justin Koltiska, 25, were implicated in the latest poaching case and were previously sentenced.
