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Many of you probably remember the report from last year of several deer being shot in Diamond Fork Canyon, east of Spanish Fork, in Utah County.
It looks like a reward posted by sportsmens' groups led to the guilty parties being turned in.
I for one think it's great that these guys were caught. Hopefully it will deter others from performing similar wantonly distructive, malicious, and stupid acts in the future. I also hope they are punished to the full extent of the law.
Here is the link to the article and the article itself:
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3890842
Accused slayers of 13 deer charged with wildlife-law felonies
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Criminal charges have been filed against two Spanish Fork men accused of poaching 13 deer in Utah County. Cory Ray Brown, 25, and Kevin Jay Cloward, 24, were each charged Thursday in 4th District Court in Provo with one count of wanton destruction of wildlife, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and one count of firing a gun from a vehicle or roadway, a class B misdemeanor. On April 10, 2005, conservation agents found 13 dead deer in Diamond Fork Canyon. Hunting groups offered a $4,500 reward, and the publicity led to the suspects, said Vic Layton, a conservation officer for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. - Nate Carlisle
It looks like a reward posted by sportsmens' groups led to the guilty parties being turned in.
I for one think it's great that these guys were caught. Hopefully it will deter others from performing similar wantonly distructive, malicious, and stupid acts in the future. I also hope they are punished to the full extent of the law.
Here is the link to the article and the article itself:
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3890842
Accused slayers of 13 deer charged with wildlife-law felonies
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Criminal charges have been filed against two Spanish Fork men accused of poaching 13 deer in Utah County. Cory Ray Brown, 25, and Kevin Jay Cloward, 24, were each charged Thursday in 4th District Court in Provo with one count of wanton destruction of wildlife, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and one count of firing a gun from a vehicle or roadway, a class B misdemeanor. On April 10, 2005, conservation agents found 13 dead deer in Diamond Fork Canyon. Hunting groups offered a $4,500 reward, and the publicity led to the suspects, said Vic Layton, a conservation officer for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. - Nate Carlisle