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Four Oregonians charged with poaching 27 big game animals could face $162,000 in fines

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a car parked in a parking lot: Police included this evidence with charges against four Oregonians of poaching and other wildlife crimes.© OSP Police included this evidence with charges against four Oregonians of poaching and other wildlife crimes.Four people have been charged in connection with poaching 27 big game animals over the past two years, according to Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife division.

Police said the poaching took place in the Mid-Willamette Valley and Coast Range and included illegal take of buck deer, bull elk, black bear, bobcat and cougar, according to a news release.

Police issued criminal citations against William Hollings, 34, of Philomath; Nicholas Lisenby, 39, of Lebanon; and Eric Hamilton, 33, of Alsea.

Amanda Hughes, 37, of Lebanon, was also charged.

The charges are likely to require the four to pay around $162,700 in restitution. Hollings, Lisenby and Hamilton will likely lose hunting privileges and pay additional fees, according to a news release.

“This sends a message to others who might poach, that we can and do find perpetrators,” ODFW Stop Poaching campaign coordinator Yvonne Shaw…

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