WV: Weirton man charged under new hunting law

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https://www.heraldstaronline.com/news/local-news/2020/01/weirton-man-charged-under-new-hunting-law/

WELLSBURG — A Weirton man has been charged with violating a new hunting law prohibiting edible meat from freshly killed big game or game fish from being wasted.

Gerald E. Robinson, 60, of 225 Florida Ave. has been charged by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources with wanton waste of a big game animal for which he faces a $2,500 fine, 10 to 100 days in jail or both.

Robinson, who has denied the allegation, is set to appear in Brooke County Magistrate Court on Feb. 4. According to court documents, Robinson was seen by a resident throwing deer carcasses over a guardrail in Wellsburg on Nov. 30.

The documents state an investigating officer with the state Division of Natural Resources found two carcasses from which only the hindquarters and tenderloins had been removed, leaving other edible meat untouched.

Robinson also has been charged with exceeding his bag…

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