FORT SMITH, Ark. — An Arkansas man has been arrested after allegedly trying to remove young hawks from a nest in Fort Smith.
Jeremiah Hall, 27, was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on July 14 on charges of trespassing, lacking a falconry permit, taking of birds and eggs, and taking of raptors. He was released the next day on a $1,500 bond.
A report from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) said the incident occurred at a commercial building in Fort Smith on May 29. The reporting party said someone had crossed a fence, effectively trespassing, and was trying to take fledgling hawks from a nest…