http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20090613/APC0101/906130489/1003/APC01/Felony-charges-dropped-against-deer-kill-suspect-Robby-KuenziWAUPACA — A judge has dismissed animal cruelty counts against a Weyauwega man charged with running down deer with his snowmobile, throwing into doubt the felony cases against two other men prosecutors say participated.
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Robby Kuenzi, 23, faced five felony charges of animal cruelty, but Judge John Hoffmann dismissed them Thursday after Kuenzi's attorney, Thomas Johnson, argued his client was actually hunting with his snowmobile in January. Johnson's argument was bolstered by the fact the state Department of Natural Resources cited Kuenzi for hunting out of season.
Cruelty to animal charges can't be levied against people who are hunting.
"The state says they were hunting," Johnson told The Post-Crescent on Friday. "And if they were, they can't be charged with cruelty charges."What the fuck? It was nowhere near any of the state's deer seasons, even if it was, the incident happened outside of legal hunting hours, (Sunup to sundown) and he sure as shit didn't use a legal means of killing those deer.
The local TV news said last night that if the other two get let off, the woman who owns the land that snowmobile trail runs through is no longer going to let the snowmobile clubs run trails through her property ever again.
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