Maryland Natural Resources Police Blotter

Maryland Natural Resources Police officers charged three hunters for wildlife violations and one man for unauthorized driving on state land in incidents that occurred in Frederick, Allegany and Harford counties.

While on patrol in Thurmont on Sunday, officers saw fresh deer meat in front of a barn on Penterra Manor Lane. While questioning residents, Anthony Alvie Keeney, 31, of Woodsboro, said the two bucks were killed by someone else in Pennsylvania. He showed officers the heads and hides of the two deer, a six-point buck and a broken-antlered spike.

Officers told Keeney that the two deer would be considered illegally taken under Pennsylvania game laws and transportation of the carcasses across the state line would be considered a violation of federal laws as well.

Keeney then acknowledged he killed both deer two days earlier. Officers seized the deer heads and hides.

He was charged with hunting without a license and two counts of failing to report a kill. Keeney also received seven warnings. He is schedule to appear in Frederick District Court on Jan. 6. If found guilty, he could be fined a maximum of $4,500.

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Also on Sunday, officers on patrol in Allegany County received a tip that someone had shot two deer and was butchering them behind a home off Route 936 in Frostburg.

Officers found Brian Andrew Lewis, 28, of Lonaconing, at the residence and asked to see the deer.

Lewis acknowledged killing the deer. He was charged with hunting without a license and possessing untagged deer parts. Officers seized the venison and donated it to a charitable program.

Lewis is scheduled to appear in Allegany District Court on Jan. 14. If convicted of both charges, he faces a maximum fine of $3,000.

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Also in Allegany County, Guy Eugene Stonestreet III, 48, of Flintstone, was charged on Saturday with driving in a non-designated area after officers received a tip about a truck parked along an old off-road recreational vehicle trail in Green Ridge State Forest.

Stonestreet said he acquired the gate key in his capacity as a county roads supervisor. An officer told him he was not authorized to use the trail for hunting or other personal business.

Stonestreet is scheduled to appear in Allegany District Court on Jan. 14. If found guilty, he could be fined as much as $1,500.

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A Pennsylvania man was issued four citations and two warnings for hunting violations by officers responding to a report of a shot fired on Putnam Road in Harford County.

On Nov. 8, citizens reported a man dressed in camouflage and carrying a rifle walk out of the woods. When officers arrived, they saw David Anthony Sebastiani, 30, of Oxford, and another man in a utility vehicle with a recently killed eight-point buck in the vehicle’s bed.

Sebastiani admitted shooting the deer and showed officers a loaded rifle and an unloaded rifle in the trunk of his truck.

He received citations for hunting during a closed season, hunting with a rifle in a shotgun-only county, having a loaded firearm in his car and failing to have a hunter safety certificate. He received warnings for hunting without written permission and obtaining a hunting license by fraudulent means.

Sebastiani is scheduled to appear in Harford District Court on Jan. 6. If found guilty of all charges, he faces a maximum penalty of $6,000.