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Man fined $6,800 for killing bear
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| April 30, 2010
Posted on 04/30/2010 1:13:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., - A Pennsylvania man was fined $6,800 for illegally killing a 707-pound bear during last year's hunting season.
Charles Olsen Jr., 39, of Wilkes-Barre, was ordered Thursday by District Judge Carl Smith to pay $1,500 after he found him guilty of unlawfully killing the bear by luring him with a pile of pastries. Olsen was also fined $300 for a charge of hunting over bait and ordered to pay $5,000 restitution because the bear was "trophy-class," or over 350 pounds field dressed, the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader reported Friday.
Under Pennsylvania Game Commission regulations it's illegal to put out bait so the bear will be stationary when killed.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission said Olsen will also likely lose his hunting and trapping privileges for at least three years.
Officials said Olsen pleaded guilty to the charges.
TOPICS: Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: banglist; bear; hunting; jpb; pa
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COURTESY OF PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION Game Commission Supervisor Peter Sussenbach is shown with a 707-pound black bear bagged by Bear Creek Township resident Charles Olson Jr. in Noxen Township. Olson is accused of baiting the bear with pastries, which is illegal in Pennsylvania.
To: JoeProBono
Thats a nice looking black bear. In a couple weeks, I’ll be out hunting them, and a year from now heading down to Kodiak to fill the brown bear tag I got drawn for.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:16:46 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: JoeProBono
Big Brother....professional thief.
To: JoeProBono
He should go to jail. What a loser...
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:19:21 PM PDT
by
Fred
(Vote for a REID FREE NEVADA....)
To: JoeProBono
... unlawfully killing the bear by luring him with a pile of pastries.... it's illegal to put out bait so the bear will be stationary when killed. That's why you can't shout "whiplash" or "free Scotch" when hunting attorneys.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:19:33 PM PDT
by
Pilsner
To: JoeProBono
Charles Olsen Jr., 39, of Wilkes-Barre, was ordered Thursday by District Judge Carl Smith to pay $1,500 after he found him guilty of unlawfully killing the bear by luring him with a pile of pastries. Olsen was also fined $300 for a charge of hunting over bait Hey, BooBoo, someone left a pickinick basket full of pastries.
Is the difference between the $300 fine and the $1500 fine just the difference between hunting and actually killing the bear?
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:20:20 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
To: JoeProBono
Now if we could just start hitting politicians with these fines for bagging voters by baiting them with free government “pastries”.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:21:48 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(The only people not "boycotting" Arizona are the illegal aliens! What the hell is up with that!!?)
To: JoeProBono
It’s time to go home from work for the weekend when you SEE the word “pastries” and think the word “tourists”.
It’s been a tough week.
To: JoeProBono
Jail terms are generally served consecutively but fines
“government revenues” are always paid in total amount!
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:22:49 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
To: JoeProBono
I am all for hunting.....the right way. Baiting, poaching or killing for horns is wrong and not sportsman-like. He should have his hunting privileges permanently revoked.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:22:58 PM PDT
by
NoKoolAidforMe
(1-20-09--The Beginning of an Error..............1-20-13--Change we can look forward to)
To: Pilsner
That's why you can't shout "whiplash" or "free Scotch" when hunting attorneys.
I couldn't find the one where they use the Village Voice as bait for the liberal hunt.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:24:08 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
To: JoeProBono
To: Larry - Moe and Curly
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:29:58 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: proud_yank
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:35:29 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: JoeProBono
Charles Olsen Jr., 39, of Wilkes-Barre, was ordered Thursday by District Judge Carl Smith to pay $1,500 after he found him guilty of unlawfully killing the bear by luring him with a pile of pastries.What'd the bear die of... heart disease?
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:40:35 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: thackney; proud_yank
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:40:58 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Bear? Pastries? Insert obligatory joke about PA State Troopers here...
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:41:52 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: JoeProBono
“The old pic-a-nic basket trick. Gets us every time.”
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:44:07 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Tallguy
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:45:05 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
OK, what are we looking at?
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