LAUREL, DELAWARE (12/20/2014) State Fish & Wildlife enforcement officers arrested three Delmar men in connection with a Dec. 6 incident in which a rifle shot struck an occupied home near Laurel and a deer was killed illegally.
Jeffery A. Jones, 28, was arrested and charged with felony reckless endangering, possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony, third-degree conspiracy, striking an occupied dwelling with shot from a firearm, possession/transportation of an unlawfully taken antlered deer, failure to tag antlered deer, hunting white-tailed deer with a weapon (rifle) other than a bow during archery season, hunting white-tailed deer during a closed season, unlawful use of a handgun to take deer, trapping without a license/safety course, setting an unlawful killer body-gripping trap, use of a non-padded trap above waterline, and illegal use of a trap with a jaw spread greater than 6½” above waterline.
Jones was released on a $29,800 unsecured bond, pending trial.
Authorities said two others, who were not named, also were cited, one for possession/transportation of an unlawfully taken antlered deer and third-degree conspiracy, and the other for trapping without a license/safety course, possession/transportation of an unlawfully taken antlered deer and third degree conspiracy. Both pled guilty. One was fined $219 and the other $298.