BornToHuntAndFish
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One less poacher in the deer woods. Looks like serious penalties for serious big game crimes.
http://www.gazette-tribune.com/opinion/cops-courts-30/67662/
Cops & Courts
April 17, 2014
Superior Court
Criminal
"Garret Victor James Elsburg, 25, Omak, pleaded guilty April 11 to eight counts of first-degree unlawful hunting of big game, seven counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of second-degree unlawful hunting of big game."
( . . . also pleaded guilty to several other charges in 3 other separate cases . . . )
"Elsburg was sentenced to a total of 60 months in prison and fined a total of $28,052."
http://www.omakchronicle.com/news/2013/oct/23/charges-filed-poaching-case/
Charges filed in poaching case
Omak man faces 33 counts involving illegal hunting
Friday, November 15, 2013
"alleged crimes occurred between Sept. 1, 2012, and June 6-7, 2013"
"case, dubbed the “Okanogan County Killing Spree Case” by wildlife agents"
"statement was part of a 571-page document submitted"
"agents documented a dozen deer killed off reservation"
https://www.wideopenspaces.com/washington-poacher-beheaded-trophy-bucks-gets-5-years-24k/
Washington Poacher Who Beheaded Trophy Bucks Gets 5 Years, $24K
12 hours ago
"Elsberg began his trophy buck killing spree in Okanogan County back in September 2012. Without a license – and prohibited from using guns because of a prior domestic violence charge – Elsberg hunted the bucks at night using his truck’s headlights. After killing the deer, he beheaded them, kept their heads and left their bodies to rot."
“THESE WERE THE MOST FLAGRANT ACTS OF POACHING IN MY 25 YEARS AS A GAME WARDEN. THE PENALTY MATCHES THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIME.” — JIM BROWN, FORMER OKANAGON GAME WARDEN.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/apr/24/nailed-deer-poacher-25-sentenced-5-years-24k/
Nailed! Deer poacher, 25, sentenced to 5 years, $24K
POSTED THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014
"The Omak Chronicle and Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune report that Garret V.J. Elsberg pled guilty . . ."
"“These were the most flagrant acts of poaching in my 25 years as a game warden,” said Jim Brown, former Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer and now the agency's region manager in Ephrata."
http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-b...ck-poaching-case-atty-says-client-not-guilty/
33 Charges Filed Against Tribal Man In Okanogan Trophy Buck Poaching Case; Atty Says Client ‘Not Guilty’
October 28th, 2013
http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/okanogan-buck-beheader-gets-5-years-24k-in-fines/
Okanogan Buck Beheader Gets 5 Years, $24K In Fines
April 23rd, 2014
"trophy Okanogan bucks he poached during a 2012 and 2013 killing spree was sentenced to five years in jail and over $24,000 in fines"
"Elsberg began shooting and beheading trophy bucks back in September 2012 in west-central Okanogan County without a state hunting license or regard to laws barring spotlighting and wastage, and with a domestic violence conviction, which meant he could not be around guns."
"The Chronicle reports that Elsberg will be serving his 60 months for the wildlife, drug and firearms offenses concurrently. The Gazette-Tribune says that all totaled, he owes over $28,000 in fines, including over $3,000 in restitution to WDFW, according to the Chronicle."
"Brown says that his truck and guns have also been forfeited."
http://www.gazette-tribune.com/opinion/cops-courts-30/67662/
Cops & Courts
April 17, 2014
Superior Court
Criminal
"Garret Victor James Elsburg, 25, Omak, pleaded guilty April 11 to eight counts of first-degree unlawful hunting of big game, seven counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of second-degree unlawful hunting of big game."
( . . . also pleaded guilty to several other charges in 3 other separate cases . . . )
"Elsburg was sentenced to a total of 60 months in prison and fined a total of $28,052."
http://www.omakchronicle.com/news/2013/oct/23/charges-filed-poaching-case/
Charges filed in poaching case
Omak man faces 33 counts involving illegal hunting
Friday, November 15, 2013
"alleged crimes occurred between Sept. 1, 2012, and June 6-7, 2013"
"case, dubbed the “Okanogan County Killing Spree Case” by wildlife agents"
"statement was part of a 571-page document submitted"
"agents documented a dozen deer killed off reservation"
https://www.wideopenspaces.com/washington-poacher-beheaded-trophy-bucks-gets-5-years-24k/
Washington Poacher Who Beheaded Trophy Bucks Gets 5 Years, $24K
12 hours ago
"Elsberg began his trophy buck killing spree in Okanogan County back in September 2012. Without a license – and prohibited from using guns because of a prior domestic violence charge – Elsberg hunted the bucks at night using his truck’s headlights. After killing the deer, he beheaded them, kept their heads and left their bodies to rot."
“THESE WERE THE MOST FLAGRANT ACTS OF POACHING IN MY 25 YEARS AS A GAME WARDEN. THE PENALTY MATCHES THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIME.” — JIM BROWN, FORMER OKANAGON GAME WARDEN.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/apr/24/nailed-deer-poacher-25-sentenced-5-years-24k/
Nailed! Deer poacher, 25, sentenced to 5 years, $24K
POSTED THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014
"The Omak Chronicle and Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune report that Garret V.J. Elsberg pled guilty . . ."
"“These were the most flagrant acts of poaching in my 25 years as a game warden,” said Jim Brown, former Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer and now the agency's region manager in Ephrata."
http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-b...ck-poaching-case-atty-says-client-not-guilty/
33 Charges Filed Against Tribal Man In Okanogan Trophy Buck Poaching Case; Atty Says Client ‘Not Guilty’
October 28th, 2013
http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/okanogan-buck-beheader-gets-5-years-24k-in-fines/
Okanogan Buck Beheader Gets 5 Years, $24K In Fines
April 23rd, 2014
"trophy Okanogan bucks he poached during a 2012 and 2013 killing spree was sentenced to five years in jail and over $24,000 in fines"
"Elsberg began shooting and beheading trophy bucks back in September 2012 in west-central Okanogan County without a state hunting license or regard to laws barring spotlighting and wastage, and with a domestic violence conviction, which meant he could not be around guns."
"The Chronicle reports that Elsberg will be serving his 60 months for the wildlife, drug and firearms offenses concurrently. The Gazette-Tribune says that all totaled, he owes over $28,000 in fines, including over $3,000 in restitution to WDFW, according to the Chronicle."
"Brown says that his truck and guns have also been forfeited."
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