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Northwest Zone – Captain Laura Petreikis An Andover man, who used his wife’s landowner deer permits to fulfill the deer he killed, appeared in court and pled guilty to the unlawful taking of a deer. The falsification of DNR records charge was dismissed. He was fined a total of $359. While conducting surveillance on an

Northwest Zone – Captain Laura Petreikis CPO Palumbo investigated a hunting accident that occurred at a licensed shooting preserve near Lanark.Three Chicago hunters, a guide, and his flushing Labs were hunting ring-necked pheasants. A pheasant flushed to the north end of the picket line the guide was trying to maintain, and it flew to the

Northwest Zone  Capt. Laura Petreikis While conducting compliance checks on ice fishermen on Pool 13 of the Mississippi River, CPO Palumbo discovered a Freeport fisherman fishing without his fishing license in possession. The subject was also wanted on a failure to appear warrant, and he was placed under arrest. CPOs Beltran and Teas observed a

NORTHWEST ZONE Capt. Laura Petreikis While on patrol during the second firearm season, CPO Teas located a vehicle parked in a waterway near the end of shooting hours. CPO Teas parked his squad out of sight and waited for the hunter to return. Soon after shooting hours, the hunter emerged from the corn in camo,

Northwest Zone – Capt Laura Petreikis CPO Posateri located a hunter in a deer blind on a farm trailer only 53 yards away from the neighboring residence, and he did not have permission from that resident. Without permission, a hunter with slugs must be a minimum of 300 yards away from a dwelling. The Colona

Region I – Capt. Laura Petreikis CPO Palumbo issued a citation and written warnings to a Hinckley man for killing and possessing a hen wood duck during the closed season and being in possession of two boxes of lead shot while teal hunting in Potters Marsh on Pool 13 of the Mississippi River. CPO Finn