February 3, 2016
From ArgusObserver.com
BOISE — A deer poaching case has concluded with fines and license suspensions for a Roosevelt, Utah, man.
March Richens, 34, must pay a fine and court cost and has forfeited the right to hunt in Idaho for two years, according to a news release from Idaho Fish and Game.
Fish and Game investigators determined that Richens had purchased a duplicate deer tag, reporting to the issuing license vendor that his original Unit 40 late-season buck tag had been lost.
Investigators questioned Richens and his hunting partner, who were “less than cooperative during an interview, suggesting that officers ‘contact our attorneys,’” the release reads.
Fish and Game appealed to the public in December 2014 for additional information and got it in spades. They obtained enough evidence to seek a criminal complaint against Richens for attempting to take a second trophy mule deer, the release says.
Owyhee County Magistrate Judge Dan Grober handed down a two-year hunting license revocation that includes the provision that Richens cannot be in possession of a firearm while in Idaho, nor accompany another hunter in the field in Idaho for the two-year period, according to the release.
A 90-day jail sentence will be imposed should Richens fail to comply with these conditions during his one-year probationary period.