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Pinckneyville residents Justin Bauersachs and Greg Cottom and
Breese resident Sally Albers face charges, according to Illinois
Conservation Police officials.
Illinois Conservation Police police started investigating after
a complaint in January about potential poaching in Perry County.
Conservation officers from the Southern Zone, District 14,
identified Albers as the hunter who harvested the deer mentioned
in the complaint.
Albers did not have a hunting license or habitat stamp as
required to lawfully take the deer, Illinois Conservation Police
officials said.
Illinois Conservation Police also received a photo with
additional potential violations. Through initial interviews,
police determined Bauersachs assisted Albers with unlawfully
taking the deer. Illinois Conservation Police got search
warrants in Perry County, and later discovered multiple
violations and additional suspects during the investigation.
On Dec. 10, conservation officers arrested Bauersachs for
criminal trespass to private property and multiple conservation
violations in Jackson and Perry counties. The criminal trespass
complaints were ongoing from different landowners in Perry and
Jackson counties, according to a news release.
Additionally, Cottom and Albers were each cited for conservation
violations as a result of the investigation.
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