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Supt. Wade also announced-that Earnest Shifflet Jr., of Ruckersville, was recently sentenced in United States District Court in Charlottesville by U.S. District Judge J. Harry Michael. According to court records, firearm and hunting violations occurred on Dec. 18, 1986, near U.S. Route 33 in Shenandoah National Park. Mr. Shifflet was sentenced to three years’ probation, given a 90day suspended jail term and fined $450.
Supt. Wade noted that the case involved a joint investigation by several agencies, including the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and the National Park Service.
None of the other seven people has been convicted. “These people have only been charged,” Supt. Wade stated, “and have yet to have their cases heard in Federal court. However, I want to emphasize that the Park staff will continue to aggressively protect all of the Park’s resources, including the wildlife.
“Each year we receive assistance from concerned members of the public, ” Supt. Wade said. “People with information about illegal hunting activity in the Park can call (703) 9992243, collect, if necessary.
“The National Parks, including Shenandoah, were set aside by Congress to preserve portions of our nation’s heritage,” Supt. Wade noted. He added that the National Park Service is charged with protecting these “wonderlands” and that the Service takes its mission “very seriously.”
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