One man was fined $20,000 and was issued a three-year looking license suspension, MNR officers say
5 folks have been convicted following a multi-year investigation into unlawful moose looking in northwestern Ontario.
Between 2020 and 2022, conservation officers, in addition to the Ministry of Pure Assets Intelligence and Investigations Providers, centered their investigation on unlawful looking exercise in a distant location north of Pickle Lake.
Paul Markewycz, of Mississauga, unlawfully discharged a firearm from a motorboat at a bull moose on the Otoskwin River, the ministry mentioned in a information launch.
Court docket additionally heard Miroslaw Markewycz, of Mississauga, invalidated his tag on an unlawful moose harvested by one other member of his looking group when he was not current.
Michael Lamanna, of Milton, and Mississauga residents Piotr Markewycz and Vitaliy Shevchenko have been all discovered to have made false and deceptive statements to conservation officers in the course of the investigation.
Paul Markewycz pleaded responsible to discharging a firearm from a motorboat. He was fined $20,000 and was issued a three-year looking licence suspension. His prior big-game looking violation report was considered when the penalty was imposed.
Miroslaw Markewycz pleaded responsible to unlawfully invalidating a tag with respect to an animal killed by one other individual. He was fined $2,000 and given a two-year looking licence suspension.
Piotr Markewycz pleaded responsible to knowingly making a false assertion to a conservation officer. He acquired $6,000 in fines and was given a one-year looking licence suspension.
Shevchenko pleaded responsible to knowingly making a false assertion to a conservation officer. He was fined $5,000 and acquired a one-year looking licence suspension.
Lamanna pleaded responsible to knowingly making a false assertion to a conservation officer. He was fined $4,000 and his looking licence has been suspended for a 12 months.
The case was heard nearly by Justice Nancy Tulloch within the Ontario Court docket of Justice in Thunder Bay on Dec. 2.
