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Deer Poacher Sentenced to Jail, Has License Revoked
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/18/2013
A Hillsboro man who was caught poaching in late 2011 and was the suspected of illegally killing about 100 deer has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for each of three counts to run concurrently and pay over $9,600 in court penalties. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 21-year-old
Nathan Blaha entered no contest pleas to three misdemeanor of illegal shining and one count of failure to attach a tag to a deer carcass as part of the case filed collaboratively against him by district attorney offices in Vernon and Richland counties.
This fall, Vernon County Circuit Judge Michael Rosborough ordered that Blaha to lose all hunting, fishing and trapping license privileges for 12 years. In Richland County, Blaha was sentenced in December to an additional 120 days in jail for a total six-month jail sentence.
Also sentenced by Vernon County Judge Rosborough was Brogan Gillingham, 18, Hillsboro. He faced a similar consolidated case launched by the two counties' attorneys. Gillingham was found guilty due to no contest pleas on four counts and sentenced on July 11. Gillingham was sentenced to three years of
probation with 60 days in jail and six years suspension of what is known as Chapter 29 rights to hunt, fish and trap. He also was ordered to pay $4,536 in court penalties.
And Steven Blaha, 19, Hillsboro, on August 8 was found guilty due to no contest plea on one count of failure to attach a tag to a deer carcass. He was ordered to pay $2,275 in penalties and handed a three-year revocation of his hunting and fishing privileges. He was not ordered to serve jail time. His sentencing was in Richland County Circuit Court.
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