November 4, 2016
From News.Delaware.gov
DOVER – Officers responded to 57 complaints received from the public regarding possible violations of laws and regulations.
On Oct. 30, Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested Cliff Peterson, 28, of Dover, and charged him with unlicensed hunting, harvesting antlered deer without purchasing an antlered deer tag, failure to tag antlered deer, transportation of unlawfully taken antlered deer and unlawful possession of a game animal/antlered deer.
Peterson pled guilty to unlicensed hunting and unlawful possession of a game animal in Justice of the Peace Court 7 in Dover and was fined $250.
Citations issued by category, with the number of charges in parentheses,
included:
- Unlicensed hunting (1)
- trespassing to hunt (3)
- hunting with an unplugged shotgun capable of holding more than three shells (7)
- harvesting antlered deer without purchasing an antlered deer tag (1)
- failure to tag antlered deer (1)
- unlawful possession of a game animal/antlered deer (1)
- transportation of unlawfully taken antlered deer (1)
- hunting migratory waterfowl without required federal waterfowl stamp (1)
- trespassing in a closed area of a state wildlife area (1)
- possession of undersized blue crabs (1)
- possession of undersized tautog (12)
- possession of tautog over the limit (2)
- failure to display required hunter orange during a firearms deer season (1)