FWC Law Enforcement Report
From FWCThis report represents some events the FWC handled Oct. 20-26 in the North Central Region. (There were no cases reported for Wakulla County or the Northwest Region.)
BAKER COUNTY
• Officers Shope and Waychoff were on patrol in John M. Bethea State Forest when they located a large dump site containing construction material. Officer Shope investigated the violation and located witnesses and a subject. Felony dumping charges will be filed.
NASSAU COUNTY
• Officer Shope and Master Officer Burnsed were patrolling U.S. 301 at the Georgia border when they stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. While addressing the traffic violation it was determined the subject had deer meat containing high-risk parts such as bone. The subject deboned the meat and the bones were seized and incinerated. The officers educated the subject about rules that prohibit possessing or importing deer, elk, moose or caribou carcasses or high-risk parts from anywhere outside of Florida and charged the subject with importing meat containing high-risk parts.
TAYLOR COUNTY
• Officer Humphrey was called upon by Officer Glover of Jefferson County to assist in an interview of a subject regarding a violation that occurred at a wildlife management area. Officer Glover followed a blood trail from a deer that had been killed to a location where there was a treestand and corn. After a brief interview, the subject admitted to placing the bait in the WMA. Charges were filed for the violation along with an infraction for failure to log and report the harvest. The subject was also issued warnings for the use of a crossbow and taking of a spotted fawn.