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Seven Indicted in Jefferson County Poaching Case

Jackalope

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Nailed em! Man they really racked em up on that fella from steubenville.

COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) today announced the indictment of seven individuals who allegedly participated in a poaching enterprise that is suspected of illegally killing white-tailed deer and wild turkey. These crimes are alleged to have been committed from the years of 2006-2017.

This multi-year investigation that concluded with these seven indictments was a collaboration between the ODNR Division of Wildlife, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (Environmental Enforcement Section), the Ohio Attorney General's Office (Environmental Enforcement Section), West Virginia Natural Resources Police, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

This investigation spanned across Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. One individual, Jason Cue, has pleaded guilty in West Virginia to charges related to the investigation.

http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/stay-in...en-indicted-in-jefferson-county-poaching-case
 

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The guy from Irondale got some pretty good charges as well. Will be interesting to see how many of those charges actually stick when they go to court. Most will be dropped and the others will be negotiated down to a lesser charge. Only took 11 years to get all of them lmao.
 

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Word on the street for years has been that Nate Cline was a dirty cheater. It's about time they confirmed it.

He was/is a Steubenville cop. Per the indictment states they "profited from the illicit scheme by photographing, videotaping, filming, editing and scouting for the illegal harvest of bucks and receiving money for videotaped productions. He is also charged with a felony for using the Law enforcement database for personal use. He was charged with hunting without permission on Teramana Limited on township Road 174, Ohio Department of Transportation, near U.S. Route 22, Mary Schiappa Trust on state Route 43.

Looking around online it looks like they had "Outdoor Insights Television"
 

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He was/is a Steubenville cop. Per the indictment states they "profited from the illicit scheme by photographing, videotaping, filming, editing and scouting for the illegal harvest of bucks and receiving money for videotaped productions. He is also charged with a felony for using the Law enforcement database for personal use. He was charged with hunting without permission on Teramana Limited on township Road 174, Ohio Department of Transportation, near U.S. Route 22, Mary Schiappa Trust on state Route 43.

Looking around online it looks like they had "Outdoor Insights Television"
The hunt I was referring to is in one of their youtube clips.
 

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Is he the one that "allegedly" shot that buck in the city limits and then moved it to film the recovery?

Same guy, not sure if charges stemmed from that deer or not however. But there were a ton of issues brought up regarding that video.
 

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Seems Cline might want to look at his quote about another poacher! lol

http://www.outdoornews.com/2010/05/20/dow_seeks-record-fine-in-deer-case/

The Plot thickens! I was at the D&T expo when it was found out the deer in his booth was poached. It was killed in ohio but they claimed it was a Ky kill. A couple of guys recognized it at the expo and went to the DNR booth with trailcam pics saying no way in hell it was shot in Ky.
I think that was Johnny Clay.
 

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I think that was Johnny Clay.
It was but johnny clay was friend with Nate Cline and on the prostaff for Nate Clines Outdoor Insights Television. Nate claimed up and down that he was lied to and had no idea the guy had poached the deer. Now to find out Nate was indicted as a poacher makes one wonder if he knew but just said he didn't. There are some of us here that have suspected for years that Nate was up to no good after hearing it from someone that had dealings with him then trusted their gut and cut ties. But hell, if we posted about every shady rumor we heard then half the state would be a poacher. Lol.
 
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I think that was Johnny Clay.
It was but johnny clay was friend with Nate Cline and on the prostaff for Nate Clines Outdoor Insights Television. Nate claimed up and down that he was lied to and had no idea the guy had poached the deer. Ow to find out he was a poacher himself it makes one wonder if he knew but said he didn't.
Oh....never heard that part of the story. Wow.