On Dec. 14, 2023, two hunters pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for illegally taking two large antlered deer in an area closed to deer hunting in the town of Tonawanda. The investigation according to the New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation began Nov. 14, 2022, when ECO Mathis and the Tonawanda Police Department received separate calls about two suspicious men walking through the woods near the Raintree Apartments.