Oregon man fined for killing 2 Alaska bald eagles
Published 4:11 am Thursday, May 12, 2016
DUTCH HARBOR — An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to killing two bald eagles in the Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor.
Alaska State Troopers say 29-year-old Dennis C. Thompson of Union, Oregon, last week pleaded guilty to unlawfully accelerating a vehicle through several bald eagles feeding on a road near the Unalaska landfill.
Thompson was fined $1,000 with $500 suspended.
He was placed on one year probation.
He also was ordered to pay $3,400 in restitution to the Bird Treatment and Learning Center in Anchorage.
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