(Troy) A Troy area man who admitted to killing a grizzly bear on his property in 2020, not reporting the shooting as required and throwing the bear’s GPS collar in the Yaak River was sentenced to two months in prison and fined 10,000 dollars, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
The defendant, 80, year old Othel Lee Pearson pleaded guilty in February to tampering with evidence, a felony, and to failure to report taking of grizzly bear, a misdemeanor. Pearson will service his sentence via home-confinement.
U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy presided. The court allowed Pearson to self-report to prison.
