2 Mar 2024 11:57 am
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Feb. 27, 2024, — A Tennessee man was sentenced to jail and barred for life from hunting in the state after he illegally killed 15 deer over more than three years and threatened a landowner with a gun while poaching deer on his property, wildlife officials said. The man pleaded guilty Feb. 22 in east Tennessee’s Hawkins County to aggravated assault, using a spotlight to kill deer, hunting from a motor vehicle and hunting big game during a closed season, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said.
After he pleaded guilty last week, the Whitesburg man was ordered to serve six months of a four-year sentence for the aggravated assault charge, and six months for each of the hunting big game in closed season charges. In addition to fines and court costs, he must pay $12,500 in restitution and had his hunting privileges revoked for life, the agency said.
After he pleaded guilty last week, the Whitesburg man was ordered to serve six months of a four-year sentence for the aggravated assault charge, and six months for each of the hunting big game in closed season charges. In addition to fines and court costs, he must pay $12,500 in restitution and had his hunting privileges revoked for life, the agency said.