cense numbers, come to court and testify, they can

cense numbers, come to court and testify, they can be effective.” Warden Bankston agreed. “Mr. Carroll and Deputy Hahn were excellent witnesses. If all hunters were as concerned about game violators as he is, we would have very few problems out in the field... We had a good case; he took good notes. There was no discrepancy between what he testified to and what they admitted to.”

Judge Charles Foley found both men guilty and fined each $150 for trespassing to hunt and $100 for hunting within 100 yards of a state road.

In remarks made from the bench, Judge Foley said that after the

Commission’s “Bambi-scam” operation, he realized teat when people see a deer, they will shoot at it, even if it’s from a road.

After testifying to the facts of the case, Mr. Carroll told the court that he feels that it is the responsibility for hunters to police their own ranks — to report violators. All hunters get a bad name because of roadhunters, he said, and it is the responsibility of legitimate hunters to report tee roadhunters.

In a postscript to the case, the two convicted roadhunters allegedly made veiled threats to Mr. Carroll as he left the courtroom. The incident was reported to Mr. Luke, who confronted tee two men.

“I told them that it is a Class One misdemeanor to threaten or intimidate a witness, and I look on that as very serious. If threats are made, I will not fool around... I will seek direct indictments of the individuals involved."

Mr. Luke stressed that enforcement of the game laws, and law enforcement in general, relies upon the cooperation of the community. “If we can’t get citizens to come forward and testify, it’s almost impossible to enforce the game laws. To be effective it requires the cooperation of citizens — and they deserve to be protected.”

“When citizens come in and make a complaint, it is the policy of the Commonwealth to protect them,” Rappahannock’s Commonwealth’s Attorney concluded.