NRP Blotter

The Maryland Natural Resources Police recently charged four men in Howard, Allegany and Talbot counties with violations of hunting, forestry and oyster regulations.

In Howard County, two men were charged Sunday night with multiple hunting violations and their firearms were seized after they fired shots from their vehicle on Old Frederick Road in Howard County.

An NRP officer responding to a call followed Cody Shane Lilly, 18, of Woodbine, and Keaton Jesse Rosborough, 20, of Dayton, to Compromise Road in Mount Airy. During a search of their vehicle, the officer found three loaded rifles, two boxes of ammunition and a spotlight.

Lilly admitted to shooing a deer from the road and Rosborough admitted to killing another deer the previous weekend.

Lilly was charged with having a loaded firearm in a vehicle, hunting deer with a spotlight (jacklighting), hunting deer out of season, hunting deer at night and shooting from a roadway. If found guilty in Howard District Court, he could be fined more than $6,000, ordered to spend up to six months in jail and have his hunting license revoked for two to five years

Rosborough was charged with having a loaded firearm in a vehicle, hunting with a spotlight (jacklighting), hunting deer out of season and hunting deer at night. If found guilty, he could be fined more than $4,500, ordered to spend up to six months in jail and have his hunting license revoked for two to five years.

In Allegany County, a Cumberland man was charged Sunday by the Maryland Natural Resources Police with illegally chopping down 11 trees at Rocky Gap State Park.

Kenneth George Wiley, 45, admitted to officers that he rode his all-terrain vehicle onto park property off Old Hancock Road and cut down the trees. He received citations for destroying trees and driving his vehicle in a non-designated area. He also received 10 warnings.

Wiley is scheduled to appear in Allegany District Court on May 7. If found guilty of both charges, he could be fined as much as $720.

In Talbot County, a Tilghman Island waterman was charged on Feb. 4 with illegally harvesting oysters from the Choptank River.

Michael Alan Lednum, 53, was observed by NRP officers in the air and on the water power dredging for oysters in an area designated for sail dredging. When he was stopped, he had 5 ½ bushels of oyster on board, which were seized and returned to state waters.

Lednum is scheduled to appear in Talbot District Court on April 16. He faces a maximum fine of $1,000.