3 Worland Residents Sentenced In Poaching Case

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Three Worland residents have been sentenced in the poaching of a trophy class mule deer.

Shenae Blakemore was ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution, placed on probation for two years and prohibited from hunting for two years.

Cody Gilligan and Colton Lapp each were ordered to pay $5,000, placed on probation for one year and had their hunting privileges suspended for two years.

Game Warden Matt Lentsch tells the Northern Wyoming Daily News that the buck was illegally shot in November 2010 in a closed area on the Greybull River near the Park and Big Horn county lines.