January 2018
ADVENTURE SPORTS OUTDOORS “The Voice of the American Sportsman” 51
This report represents some events the OLE handled over the weeks of Oct 1 - Oct 19, 2017; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Office of Law Enforcement. Northwest Zone – Captain Laura Petreikis District 1 – Sgt. Tony Petreikis (Counties: Carroll, Henry, JoDaviess, Lee, Mercer, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson & Whiteside) CARROLL COUNTY CPO Jones cited an archery hunter at Mississippi Palisades State Park for not wearing his required blaze orange while hunting during the youth firearm season. HENRY COUNTY CPO Posateri responded to a complaint about illegal trapping out of season. A resident in Colona was found to be setting live traps out for nuisance wildlife that were coming in to eat the cat food that was placed outside for the wild cats. He had two opossums in traps
which had been in there for about a week during 90+ degree weather. The man was cited for numerous trapping violations. JODAVIESS COUNTY CPOs Jones, Teas, and Posateri participated in an enforcement detail, and several hunters were checked. The detail resulted in five citations and 18 written warnings being issued. Three of the five citations were for non-permitted hunters in restricted areas, and two were for no blaze orange during the youth firearm season. CPO Teas was patrolling the Thompson Unit of Apple River Canyon State Park when he located an archery hunter in a restricted area due to the youth firearm season. The hunter had archery permits but did not have a hunting license or habitat stamp. When asked why he did not have a hunting license or habitat stamp, the hunter told the CPO he thought he only needed deer permits because that is what the vendor told him when he purchased them. CPO Teas informed the hunter of the required license and stamp and explained it was his responsibility to know what he needed to hunt. The hunter was issued a citation for hunting in a restricted area and was issued warnings for the license violations. The hunter was also given a hunting digest. MERCER COUNTY CPO Francisko completed a wildlife investigation of a nonresident purchasing multiple resident licenses and permits. It was determined the subject defrauded the State out of $1,207.75 in license and permit fees in 2014. The subject harvested three deer, including a 10-point buck, on fraudulently obtained permits. The subject was arrested
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on several counts of “License, Permit or Tag Fraudulently Obtained” for the different dates it occurred. The subject was also charged with multiple counts of “Illegal Taking or Possession of Protected Species” and assessed a civil penalty of $250 for two of the three deer. The 10-point buck rack was also seized. OGLE COUNTY CPO Teas located multiple baited stands on a hunting property prior to the opening of archery season. CPO Teas spoke with the subject, and he admitted to placing the bait for his stand. While speaking with the subject, two other hunters on the property were identified. At the end of the investigation, it was determined two of the subjects had baited their stands, and the third had killed a deer last year during firearm season but failed to tag or check it in. Two of the subjects were cited for placing bait, and one was cited for failure to check his deer. STEPHENSON COUNTY CPO Beltran responded to a hunting without permission complaint from German Valley as the hunter was killing geese. Shot from the hunter’s gun landed on a house in town. CPO Beltran issued a citation for hunting without permission. CPO Alt is working multiple unlawfully baited archery deer stand complaints. WHITESIDE COUNTY CPO Palumbo issued a citation and written warnings to a Hinckley man for killing and possessing a hen wood duck during the closed season and being in possession of two boxes of
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