OTTAWA COUNTY, MI - Four men convicted of killing 58 ducks over a bait pile were each fined nearly $6,000 and given suspended jail sentences.
Conservation officers considered the killings among the area's worst cases of waterfowl poaching.
Justin Allen Beckman, 20, of Coopersville, Michael Duane Sorenson III, 20, of Marne, Colson Thomas Modderman, 22, of Wyoming and Tyler John Meerman, 24, of Conklin pleaded guilty to hunting/taking ducks over bait.
Other charges were dismissed in a plea agreement. Tip leads to 'worst case' of waterfowl poaching conservation officer has seen The men were sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 13, by Hudsonville District Judge Kenneth Post.
He ordered the men to each pay fines of $5,890, spend 18 months on probation, lose hunting privileges this year and the following three years and forfeit firearms. The judge sentenced them to suspended terms of 90 days in the Ottawa County Jail to be served if they violate probation.
Bookmarks