03-11-2007, 10:17 AM
EASTERN DISTRICT
Taxidermist Violation
On 1/20/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officers Dean Wojcik and Jason Williams conducted a routine inspection of a licensed taxidermist in Ledyard. They found that the business was actively working on several species and had not applied for a 2007 Taxidermists License.
The officers also found an untagged migratory bird, which is a federal violation. The business owner was charged with Practicing Taxidermy without a License and information on possible federal violations were forwarded to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Agent.
Illegal Trapping Arrest
On 2/11/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officer Bill Myers responded to an illegal trapping complaint in East Haddam. He met with the landowner who explained that he had found a trap near a beaver hut on his property. They walked to the pond and found a man tending a trap. Officer Myers recognized the trapper and asked him what he was doing. The trapper said that he had permission to trap the area. When the landowner asserted that he had not given anyone permission to trap, the trapper admitted that he did not have permission. Officer Myers found six traps in the area and several were illegally set too close to the beaver huts. The trapper was charged with Trapping without written permission, Failure to have name and address on traps (2 counts), Setting traps within 10 feet of a beaver/muskrat house (4 counts). The six traps were seized as evidence.
MARINE DISTRICT
ATV Arrest
On 2/19/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officer Mike Tavares heard a broadcast from Troop F in Westbrook regarding an ATV complaint in Westbrook. The complaint was that an ATV was traveling recklessly on public streets in Westbrook. Officer Tavares went to the area of the complaint and took a post by an ATV trail that crosses the road. A short time later, an ATV that matched the description given by Troop F came onto the street by Officer Tavares. Officer Tavares activated his emergency lights of his patrol vehicle and ordered the subject to stop, but the ATV fled the area. Officer Tavares recognized the ATV and went to the subject’s residence where he found both the machine and operator. The subject was issued an infraction for operating without a license, operating an unregistered ATV, operating an ATV on a public highway and failure to obey an officer’s commands.
WESTERN DISTRICT
Child Blamed for Fishing Violation
On 2/17/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officers Paul Hilli and Keith Schneider were checking ice fishermen on Bantam Lake where the officers approached a group of two adult and one youth fishermen and inquired if they had caught anything. One of the fishermen replied that they had caught some smallmouth bass. One of the other fishermen went over to one of their holes and pulled up a stringer of fish that they had caught. There were several smallmouth bass and the officers also observed three Northern Pike that were all less than 25 inches in length. When questioned as to who had caught the Pike, neither adult would take responsibility for catching the Pike. One of the fishermen told the officers that his 8 year-old son had caught them. Eventually the father admitted that he had caught the Pike. The officers released the Pike and the father of the 8 year-old was issued a summons for violation of sport fishing regulations. The other adult was issued a summons for failure to have his name and address on his tip ups.
Stolen ATV’s Recovered
On 2/14/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officers Keith Schneider and Paul Hilli were on patrol in the town of Morris where they heard a broadcast over the radio from the State Police, Troop L in Litchfield regarding a complaint of ATVs operating on RT 109 passing snowplows. Officers Schneider and Hilli observed the ATVs moments later and stopped them. They determined that one of the two ATVs had been reported stolen by State Police, Troop B in North Canaan. The subject operating the ATV was arrested for Larceny 3rd degree and ATV violations. The second ATV operator was issued an infraction for operating an unregistered ATV and operating on a public highway.
On 2/25/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officer Tim Hill was on patrol in the Nepaug State Forest in New Hartford when he observed ATVs being unloaded on the Tunxis Trail by three individuals. Officer Hill stopped the ATVs and after checking the identification numbers on the ATVs, determined that one of the machines had been reported stolen by the Hartford Police Department in January 2007. Officer Hill seized the ATV and arrested a subject from Hartford for Larceny 3rd degree. The Hartford Police Department was contacted and the stolen ATV was returned to the rightful owner in Hartford. It was then determined from the owner of the ATV that a second ATV and two ATV snowplows were stolen at the same time as the first ATV. Officer Hill determined that one of the other ATVs that he stopped in Nepaug State Forest was the second stolen ATV. Officer Hill went to the Hartford residence of the person he arrested and seized the second stolen ATV and the two snowplows. The subject was then charged with a second count of Larceny 3rd degree and released on $2000 bond. The other two ATV operators were issued infractions for operating an ATV on State Land without permission.
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[url "http://www.ct.gov/dep"]Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection[/url]
[url "http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2695&q=322630&depNav_GID=1649"]Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police[/url]
[url "http://www.necleca.org/"]Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Chiefs Association[/url]
[url "http://www.ctenconpolice.org/"]Connecticut Conservation Officers Association[/url]
[url "http://dep.state.ct.us/olisp/publications/publictrust.htm"]Public Access to Water Information[/url]
[url "http://www.ctfisherman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/38/t/000209.html?"]Captain Raul Camejo[/url]
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Taxidermist Violation
On 1/20/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officers Dean Wojcik and Jason Williams conducted a routine inspection of a licensed taxidermist in Ledyard. They found that the business was actively working on several species and had not applied for a 2007 Taxidermists License.
The officers also found an untagged migratory bird, which is a federal violation. The business owner was charged with Practicing Taxidermy without a License and information on possible federal violations were forwarded to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Agent.
Illegal Trapping Arrest
On 2/11/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officer Bill Myers responded to an illegal trapping complaint in East Haddam. He met with the landowner who explained that he had found a trap near a beaver hut on his property. They walked to the pond and found a man tending a trap. Officer Myers recognized the trapper and asked him what he was doing. The trapper said that he had permission to trap the area. When the landowner asserted that he had not given anyone permission to trap, the trapper admitted that he did not have permission. Officer Myers found six traps in the area and several were illegally set too close to the beaver huts. The trapper was charged with Trapping without written permission, Failure to have name and address on traps (2 counts), Setting traps within 10 feet of a beaver/muskrat house (4 counts). The six traps were seized as evidence.
MARINE DISTRICT
ATV Arrest
On 2/19/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officer Mike Tavares heard a broadcast from Troop F in Westbrook regarding an ATV complaint in Westbrook. The complaint was that an ATV was traveling recklessly on public streets in Westbrook. Officer Tavares went to the area of the complaint and took a post by an ATV trail that crosses the road. A short time later, an ATV that matched the description given by Troop F came onto the street by Officer Tavares. Officer Tavares activated his emergency lights of his patrol vehicle and ordered the subject to stop, but the ATV fled the area. Officer Tavares recognized the ATV and went to the subject’s residence where he found both the machine and operator. The subject was issued an infraction for operating without a license, operating an unregistered ATV, operating an ATV on a public highway and failure to obey an officer’s commands.
WESTERN DISTRICT
Child Blamed for Fishing Violation
On 2/17/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officers Paul Hilli and Keith Schneider were checking ice fishermen on Bantam Lake where the officers approached a group of two adult and one youth fishermen and inquired if they had caught anything. One of the fishermen replied that they had caught some smallmouth bass. One of the other fishermen went over to one of their holes and pulled up a stringer of fish that they had caught. There were several smallmouth bass and the officers also observed three Northern Pike that were all less than 25 inches in length. When questioned as to who had caught the Pike, neither adult would take responsibility for catching the Pike. One of the fishermen told the officers that his 8 year-old son had caught them. Eventually the father admitted that he had caught the Pike. The officers released the Pike and the father of the 8 year-old was issued a summons for violation of sport fishing regulations. The other adult was issued a summons for failure to have his name and address on his tip ups.
Stolen ATV’s Recovered
On 2/14/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officers Keith Schneider and Paul Hilli were on patrol in the town of Morris where they heard a broadcast over the radio from the State Police, Troop L in Litchfield regarding a complaint of ATVs operating on RT 109 passing snowplows. Officers Schneider and Hilli observed the ATVs moments later and stopped them. They determined that one of the two ATVs had been reported stolen by State Police, Troop B in North Canaan. The subject operating the ATV was arrested for Larceny 3rd degree and ATV violations. The second ATV operator was issued an infraction for operating an unregistered ATV and operating on a public highway.
On 2/25/07, Environmental Conservation Police Officer Tim Hill was on patrol in the Nepaug State Forest in New Hartford when he observed ATVs being unloaded on the Tunxis Trail by three individuals. Officer Hill stopped the ATVs and after checking the identification numbers on the ATVs, determined that one of the machines had been reported stolen by the Hartford Police Department in January 2007. Officer Hill seized the ATV and arrested a subject from Hartford for Larceny 3rd degree. The Hartford Police Department was contacted and the stolen ATV was returned to the rightful owner in Hartford. It was then determined from the owner of the ATV that a second ATV and two ATV snowplows were stolen at the same time as the first ATV. Officer Hill determined that one of the other ATVs that he stopped in Nepaug State Forest was the second stolen ATV. Officer Hill went to the Hartford residence of the person he arrested and seized the second stolen ATV and the two snowplows. The subject was then charged with a second count of Larceny 3rd degree and released on $2000 bond. The other two ATV operators were issued infractions for operating an ATV on State Land without permission.
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[url "http://www.ct.gov/dep"]Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection[/url]
[url "http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2695&q=322630&depNav_GID=1649"]Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police[/url]
[url "http://www.necleca.org/"]Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Chiefs Association[/url]
[url "http://www.ctenconpolice.org/"]Connecticut Conservation Officers Association[/url]
[url "http://dep.state.ct.us/olisp/publications/publictrust.htm"]Public Access to Water Information[/url]
[url "http://www.ctfisherman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/38/t/000209.html?"]Captain Raul Camejo[/url]
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