ATHENS, Ohio — Two Mississippi men pleaded guilty to multiple wildlife violations after poaching white-tailed deer in southeast Ohio and were ordered to pay a combined $15,054.37 in restitution, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
Dawson Brown, 25, of Poplarville, Mississippi, pleaded guilty to seven charges in Belmont County Court related to unlawfully taking white-tailed deer. Brown was ordered to pay $13,169.37 in restitution and $865 in fines and court costs, serve three years of probation and forfeit his hunting privileges in Ohio for three years.
Five firearms, a spotlight venison, and four antlered deer skulls were forfeited to the Division of Wildlife. Brown was sentenced to 390 days in jail, with all but 30 days suspended…