November 10, 2010
4 out-of-staters busted for hunting crimes
Three Minnesota residents and a Wisconsin man were were recently found guilty of several license and deer poaching violations while hunting in Eastern Montana. In addition, five Glendive-area residents were convicted of illegally transferring their hunting licenses.
Convicted in the cases were Randy Alberg of St. Paul, Minn.; Scott Nelson of Rush City, Minn.; Dale Malin of Hudson, Wis., and Mark Behrens of Park Rapids, Minn.
The Glendive residents convicted were Daniel G. Rice, Deborah Rice, Nichole Rice, George Rice and Daniel J. Rice. Daniel J. Rice was also convicted of illegally killing a whitetail buck and possession of an unlawfully killed whitetail buck.
Members of the Rice family were convicted of unlawful license transfer in 2008 and 2009. Collectively they paid $1,860 in fines.
Alberg was convicted of unlawfully killing four whitetail bucks over four years – 1998, 2005, 2006 and 2008 – and taking one whitetail doe without a license.
Illegal license transfers occurred in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. Alberg was fined $5,915 and had his hunting privileges revoked for two years.
Nelson was convicted of unlawful possession of a deer and hunting without a Montana deer license in a 2009 hunt. He paid $1,570 and his hunting privileges were revoked for two years.
Malin was convicted of license transfer in 2008 and 2009 and hunting without a license in both years. He paid $2,540 and had his hunting privileges revoked for two years.
Behrens was convicted of unlawful license transfer in 2008 and 2009 along with hunting without a license both years. He paid $2,540 in fines and restitution.