The Ministry of Pure Assets charged 5 males in reference to unlawful moose looking in Northwestern Ontario.
THUNDER BAY — A justice of the peace in Thunder Bay has handed down some heavy penalties towards a gaggle of moose hunters from the Better Toronto Space.
Ministry of Pure Assets conservation officers laid charges towards 5 males following a particular investigation performed between 2020 and 2022 in a distant location north of Pickle Lake.
They discovered {that a} rifle had been discharged from a motorboat at a bull moose on the Otoskwin River, and that one other hunter’s tag was then hooked up to the animal.
Three members of the group have been charged with making false and deceptive statements in the course of the investigation.
One of many accused, Paul Markewycz, pleaded responsible to discharging a firearm from a motorboat.
He was fined $20,000 and banned from looking for three years after the courtroom took into consideration his prior huge sport looking violation report.
Miroslaw Markewycz obtained $2,000 in fines and a two-year looking licence suspension for unlawfully invalidating a tag with respect to an animal killed by one other particular person.
Piotr Markewycz pleaded responsible to creating a false assertion to a conservation officer, and obtained $6,000 in fines plus a one-year licence suspension.
Vitaliy Shevchenko pleaded responsible to the identical offence, and obtained $5,000 in fines and a one-year suspension.
Michael Lamanna was fined $4,000 and obtained a one-year suspension for a similar offence as properly.
magistrate Nancy Tulloch heard the case earlier this month within the Ontario Court docket of Justice.
Along with the fines totalling $37,000, the 5 accused should pay $9,250 in sufferer surcharges.
Members of the general public can report a pure useful resource drawback or present details about unsolved instances to the MNR’s suggestions line toll-free at 1-877-847-7667, or by calling Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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