A Rhode Island hunting investigation that began with a complaint about suspected deer baiting behind a residential property turned into a heavily documented wildlife case after investigators reviewed more than 85,000 photos and videos from trail cameras and a phone, according to a report from the bodycam footage channel WildlifeWarden.
The footage focused on a winter 2024 encounter in Burrillville, Rhode Island, where an environmental police lieutenant returned to a wooded area after several days of surveillance. Officers believed a local hunter, identified by WildlifeWarden as Alfred, had continued baiting deer even after previously being investigated and issued summonses for similar conduct.
When the lieutenant found him in the woods, Alfred denied hunting and said he was only walking the area to make sure nobody else was shooting there. But the officer said Alfred’s license had been suspended, pointed him toward what he described as a bait station, and eventually seized evidence that later helped expand the case far beyond the initial stop…