Six Poachers Charged by Natural Resources Police

Six poachers were charged in three incidents on Jan. 2 by the Maryland Natural Resources Police.

Officers responded to reports of shotgun pellets hitting homes on Saltmarsh Road off Madison Bay in Dorchester County and charged an adult with four hunting violations.

William Frederick Mcglaughin, 28, of Cambridge, received citations for hunting within a safety zone, having a loaded firearm in a vehicle, hunting with an unplugged shotgun and hunting on private land without written permission. He received a warning for having a second unplugged gun and one for hunting without having his license with him.

Two juveniles were referred to the Department of Juvenile Services for similar violations.

The three waterfowlers said they had been hunting a field and had not shot anything. An officer with a range finder determined that the hunters were between 102 yards and 108 yards from the nearest home.

Mcglaughin will be scheduled to appear in Dorchester District Court. If convicted of all four charges, he could be fined as much as $6,000.

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Four men were charged with poaching after deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint about hunting and trespassing near Stuckey Road in Indian Head.

A Natural Resources Police officer met up with the men as they returned to their vehicles. They admitted they did not have written permission to hunt and two men said they did not have a Maryland hunting license. Two men were using prohibited firearms.

Andrew Nicholas Coroneos, 59, of Dallastown, Pa., Dale William Keiter, 54, of Dundalk, and Thomas Louis Forbes Jr. 30, of Greensboro, N.C., were charged with hunting private property without written permission, a violation that carries a $450 fine.

Coroneos, who was hunting with a shotgun, and Keiter, who was using a rifle, were charged with hunting during muzzleloader season, a violation that carries a $500 fine. Keiter also received a citation for hunting with a rifle in a no-rifle hunting county, a violation that carries a fine of $250.

Forbes and Joel Dewright Broadaway, 53, of Elon, N.C., received citations for hunting without a license, a violation that carries a fine of $300.

All firearms were seized and placed in evidence pending an appearance in Charles District Court on April 20.
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A poacher received nine citations and seven warnings after shooting three deer in Somerset County.

Acting on a tip, officers questioned Vernon Christopher Collins Jr., 27, of Westover. He admitted to officers that he killed three does and then took them for processing. He also said he failed to follow state hunting regulations on tagging and recording the harvest.

Collins received three citations each for failing to field tag the deer and for removing the head/hide before check in. He received one citation each for failing to record the kill on a harvest record, for failing to report a kill within 24 hours and for failing to record the confirmation number on the harvest record.

He received two warnings for failing to record kill on a harvest record, two warnings for failing to report a kill within 24 hours, two warnings for failing to record confirmation number on a harvest record and one warning for failing to field tag deer.

Officers seized the processed deer meat as evidence.

If found guilty of all violations, Collins could be fined as much as $2,460.