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Browning Men Sentenced for Elk Poaching in Glacier
The men pleaded guilty to violating the Lacey Act
GREAT FALLS – Two Browning men have been sentenced to two years' probation and were ordered to pay $3,500 after they pleaded guilty to poaching elk in Glacier National Park.
A U.S. Attorney's Office statement says U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong sentenced 20-year-old Matthew Whitegrass and 21 year-old Benjamin Yellow Owl Tuesday in Great Falls.
The men pleaded guilty to violating the Lacey Act.
Prosecutors say a park ranger heard gunshots near the St. Mary Visitor Center on Dec. 30. He stopped a truck with Whitegrass and Yellow Owl inside with two rifles and spent ammunition casings. Another ranger found three dead elk in a meadow and a fourth one later.
The two men told officials that they were hunting the elk for their meat. Hunting is not allowed within Glacier National Park.
A U.S. Attorney's Office statement says U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong sentenced 20-year-old Matthew Whitegrass and 21 year-old Benjamin Yellow Owl Tuesday in Great Falls.
The men pleaded guilty to violating the Lacey Act.
The two men told officials that they were hunting the elk for their meat. Hunting is not allowed within Glacier National Park.
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