RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A Rapid City man who pleaded guilty to illegally hunting mountain lions and deer using bait has been banned from hunting for nine years.
Thirty-nine-year-old William Colson VI pleaded guilty to nine misdemeanor charges, including conspiracy to unlawfully possess a big game animal. The Rapid City Journal reports that his hunting license was revoked a year for each charge.
South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks officials say the sentence does not allow him to hunt anywhere in the United States.
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Magistrate Judge Bernard Schuchmann suspended jail time but ordered Colson to serve probation and pay a fine of $11,500.
Authorities say Colson and another man placed five dead deer at Spring Creek Canyon in southwestern Rapid City to lure mountain lions between December 2015 and January 2016.
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Information from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com
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