Nov. 20, 2008
Vol. 38, No. 527

Contact: Sgt. Gregory Rhodes, Fish & Wildlife Law Enforcement, 302-542-6102 or 302-739-9913, or Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9064

Newark Man Guilty of Illegally Killing 9-Point White-tailed Deer

Fish & Wildlife enforcement agents, working in collaboration with the Newark Police Department, arrested a Newark man Nov. 16 who later admitted to having killed a 9-point antlered deer at night with a .45-caliber pistol.

Eric B. Schneider, age 24, of 23 Dunbar Road, pleaded guilty three days later in Justice of the Peace Court 9 to hunting at night, hunting without a license (second offense), and killing an antlered deer illegally. He was fined $1,734 and released. The deer was donated to Delaware’s Sportsmen Against Hunger Program for venison.

The deer was shot with the handgun in a small field near abandoned housing at the west end of Terrace Drive in Newark. A security guard notified Newark Police after he heard a shot and got the tag number of a vehicle leaving the scene. After the police went to Schneider’s residence, they notified Fish & Wildlife Enforcement Sgt. John Webb, who returned to the area where the shot was fired and found the 9-point buck.

For more information, contact Sgt. Gregory Rhodes at 302-542-6102 or 302-739-9913.