(KLZA)-- A Sterling man, accused of killing more than 50 geese without a hunting permit has been fined, ordered to pay liquidated damages and has had his hunting license revoked.
The Johnson County Attorney's Office said 39-year-old Jason Harms was convicted of 9 counts relating to the illegal hunting of geese that occurred on February 26, in Johnson County.
Harms was fined $1700 and ordered to pay $3,900 in liquidated damages on Wednesday.
Hunters notified the Johnson County Sheriffs Office that they had found numerous dead and injured snow geese near a sanitation pond south of Sterling.
A deputy found 51 snow geese and one white-fronted goose that had been shot dead and also found five spent shotgun shells.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the Johnson County Attorney's Office conducted the investigation.
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