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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va., — A search warrant obtained by CBS 6 is revealing new insight into the illegal killing of the rare Hollywood buck in December 2023.
Jason Walters, 36, now faces 19 separate wildlife violations all related to the deaths of three deer in Virginia, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR).
One of those deer, was the Hollywood Buck, a deer that was known to roam the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond’s Oregon Hill neighborhood, and was a familiar presence to residents living nearby.
The affidavit showed Conservation Police Officer Zach Howlett interviewed Jason Walters on December 15, one day after he allegedly killed the Hollywood Buck and his pictures were posted on a popular Facebook hunting group.
Walters told the officer that the deer head and antlers were at another location other than his house, according to the court documents.
Walters returned from a dead end on Alcott Road with the head of the deer in question and “the deer head was brought out in a large silver plastic flower pot and placed in a yellow trash bag.”