BUTLER COUNTY PROCESSOR CITED FOR NUMEROUS GAME VIOLATIONS
Following a lengthy undercover investigation into the illegal commercialization of wildlife, William Kielty III, 60, of Evans City, Butler County, was charged with 28 violations of the Game and Wildlife Code for allegedly possessing unlawfully taken deer and illegally selling game. If convicted of all charges, which were filed with Magisterial District Judge Wayne Seibel of Evans City on Feb. 21, Kietly faces penalties of up to $22,700, and the possible loss of his hunting and trapping privileges for up to 65 years.
The investigation began in the fall of 2006, when Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer (WCO) Randy Pilarcik, who serves the southern district in Butler County, received numerous complaints from the public that Kielty was allegedly accepting illegally harvested and untagged deer and then selling the meat.
Facts from the Pennsylvania Game Commission: House Bill 2205, sponsored by House Game and Fisheries Committee Chairman Edward Staback, proposes to increase fines and penalties for a variety of wildlife violations.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=173582
