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| Release Date: |
December 15, 2008 |
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| Offence Date: |
September 27, 2008 |
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| Item: |
Discharging firearm within 300 meters of Provincial Park road. |
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| Description: |
Boissevain Natural Resource Officers
conducted a decoy moose operation to
curb poaching activity in the Turtle
Mountain Provincial Park.
During the early evening, a white van
approached the decoy site. The van had
just been checked by an NRO unit and the
four occupants were reminded of the
restriction regarding hunting from the
park roads.
Upon observing the decoy, their vehicle
stopped abruptly. Two males exited the
vehicle with high powered rifles and ran
back approximately 20 meters, toward an
opening in the bush.
The two individuals both fired four
rounds at the decoy. The vehicle the
suspects were traveling in backed up to
their location and one male got into the
front passenger side of the van with his
rifle. The other suspect ran into the
wooded area to the north of the road
with his rifle.
The suspect vehicle was stopped by the
NRO units as it attempted to flee. Once
the suspect vehicle was stopped and
firearms secured an NRO unit came back
to the decoy location and using the
vehicle public address system, ordered
the second suspect to come out to the
road. After several demands to come out
to the road, the suspect finally did
come out.
The NRO observers found the suspect's
rifle hidden in the wooded area. Both
accused, Ervin Delaronde and Darryl
Contois, were subsequently charged for
discharging a firearm within 300 meters
of the park road and the recovered rifle
was seized. The serial number and
information was obtained from Ervin
Delaronde’s firearm and it was returned.
It is illegal to discharge or possess a
loaded firearm within 300 meters of a
public road in a Provincial Park. All
access roads into the park are clearly
posted with this safety regulation. The
park is a multi-use area and it is very
dangerous to hunt near the public roads
and built-up areas.
Ervin Delorande and Darryl Contois were
convicted and received $278.00 fines. |
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