This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.
NORTHWEST REGION
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
Lt. Doug Berryman was patrolling the north end of the county when he received a complaint of illegal deer hunting. He responded and located the suspect vehicle containing two antlerless deer as the suspect shot a third deer from the edge of the field. The suspect was charged with taking deer after legal shooting hours, trespassing, and three counts of taking antlerless deer out of season.
OKALOOSA COUNTY
Officer Van Barrow was contacted by an investigator with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) with confirmation regarding a stolen firearm. Officer Barrow recently seized the firearm in a night hunting case and met with OCSO investigators thinking the firearm was stolen but had not been reported. The firearm will be returned to the owner. Additional charges are pending.
Officer Danny Arnette filed charges for possession of an antlerless deer on an owner of a deer processing business who took possession of an antlerless deer and altered documentation from whom the deer was received. The violation was discovered after two subjects were stopped for shooting a deer at night and questioned about blood in their vehicle.
Lt. Mark Hollinhead received a call from a landowner about a suspicious vehicle parked near one of his gates. A tag number was obtained prior to the vehicle leaving the area. Lieutenant Hollinhead observed where a subject entered the property on foot and returned to the parked vehicle. The subject was later located at his residence and admitted to being on the property. A warning was issued for trespassing on private property.
WALTON COUNTY
A subject who caught a hunting dog pursuing deer on his leased property contacted Lt. Mark Hollinhead. Officer Ken White responded and met with the complainant and owner of the dog. The owner of the dog was later cited for allowing the dog to pursue deer on private property without permission and warned for allowing dogs to pursue deer off registered property and no registration number on a collar on one of his dogs.
Officer Randall Brooks responded to a night hunting complaint and discovered a burned vehicle in a wooded area. A partial tag number was obtained which determined the vehicle had been stolen the night before from a residence on Highway 280. The stolen vehicle was reported to the Walton County Sheriff's Department for further investigation.
JACKSON COUNTY
K-9 Officer Mike Guy received information regarding an alligator that was illegally killed. Following an investigation, it was discovered the suspect was also responsible for a felony dumping case that Officer David Arnette was working. Officers Guy and Arnette interviewed the suspect at his residence and he admitted to killing the alligator in October 2010 with a .270 caliber rifle. The alligator skull and parts were located in the woods behind the suspect’s house. The suspect was then questioned about the felony dumping of numerous deer and hog carcasses on a county right-of-way. After a short interview and investigation, the subject admitted to dumping all of the carcasses on the right-of-way. Both cases will be direct filed with the State Attorney’s Office. The subject removed the carcasses.
BAY COUNTY
Officer Joe Chambers received information from Officer Mike Nobles concerning subjects fishing in the closed area of Warren Bayou also referred to as the Steam Plant Canal. Officer Chambers located the subjects, who harvested the fish from the closed area. He possessed two undersized redfish and speckled trout, which are closed to harvest during the month of February. Citations and written warnings were issued.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
A detail was executed in Tate’s Hell Wildlife Management Area to address complaints regarding the harvest of illegal whitetail deer. Officers Jason Carroll, Joshua Waite, Will Raker, John Allen, Carmon Brownell, Percy Cook, Reserve Officer Donald Trussell, and Lieutenants Scott Pearce, Albert Wass de Czege, and Charlie Wood manned exits from the management area to inspect hunters as they ended their day of hunting. A total of 106 hunters and 69 vehicles were inspected. The inspections resulted in two management area permit violations, one violation for driving with a suspended license, two violations for possession of cannabis, one violation for possession of drug paraphernalia, and one illegal whitetail deer violation (did not meet forked antler requirement).
Officers Carmon Brownell and Percy Cook worked a decoy deer detail on private land adjacent to Highway 65 in Franklin County. The property leaseholder and
landowners requested help in addressing the illegal harvest of whitetail deer from the property. The detail resulted in the felony arrest of a hunter for violations of trespass with a projectile and discharging a firearm from the right-of way.
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