A Dryden man is going to jail for charges related to illegal deer hunting.
Jordan D.L. Lang was convicted for unlawfully hunting white-tailed deer without a licence as well as unlawfully possessing and transporting illegally killed wildlife. He was also found guilty of providing false statements to a Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officer.
Court heard that Dryden Police Services discovered the untagged deer while executing an unrelated search warrant of Lang’s home. Conservation officers were called and Lang provided multiple, conflicting statements regarding his part in killing the deer and several of his statements were proven false.
The court sentenced Lang to 30 days incarceration and did not fine him, due to his history of failing to pay monetary fines for provincial convictions. As he did not have a hunting or firearms licence, they could not be ordered forfeited to the Crown. He was already prohibited from possessing a firearm from a previous conviction.
Justice of the Peace Raymond Zuliani heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Dryden, on October 20, 2009.
