November 21, 2016
From KOAA.com
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) – Four hunters have been sentenced in connection to a multiyear investigation into illegal hunting on the Uncompahgre Plateau.
Gerald Sickels, 42, of Nulca, will have to spend one year in jail on non-work days.
Sickels is accused of taking clients on multi-day hunts from 1999 through 2011. The violations occurred in Game Management Unit 61 on the plateau west of Montrose.
Sickels’ assistant was sentenced to probation in connection to the hunting.
Two hunters from Tennessee have each paid fines in connection to the case.