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Case #6634 Rating: 2.0 out of 5
White tail deer illlegally sold
Lakeville, IN (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Sep 30, 2000
County: St Joseph
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Paul D Papczynski
On December 1, 2005, a court in South Bend, Ind., sentenced Paul D. Papczynski, 49, of Lakeville, Ind., to four months home detention and pay a $4,000 fine for illegally selling and causing the interstate transfer of wildlife taken in violation of state and federal laws. Chief Judge Robert L. Miller also sentenced Papcynski to serve three years probation and pay a $100 special assessment.
Papczynski maintained a herd of wild white-tailed deer, held captive with high fences, on his property in Lakeville, Ind. Some of the deer in his herd were captured from lands around Indiana's Potato Creek State Park by using tranquilizers to immobilize the deer. Using tranquilizers on wild animals and capturing wild deer for private use are prohibited by Indiana law. In October 2000, Papczynski sold and helped transfer more than 30 illegally-captured deer from his property in Indiana to an individual in Texas. The interstate transfer and sale of wildlife taken in violation of state law is prohibited by the Lacey Act, a federal wildlife protection law. Papczynski pleaded guilty to federal Lacey Act charges Aug. 25, 2005
Papczynski's guilty plea and sentencing are the result of a joint investigation into illegal deer hunting by special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and law enforcement agents of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. References
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