Baltimore County - On Saturday, Sept. 15, the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) charged David Mark Grebe, 47, of Baltimore with hunting deer with the aid of bait on a state park. Grebe was hunting in the Hilltop Road hunting area of Patapsco Valley State Park after allegedly placing commercially prepared powder bait around the area of his tree stand.

Baiting involves the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing or scattering of shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed that would lure, attract, or entice game to, on, or over any areas where hunters are attempting to hunt.

A person may not hunt, shoot, or kill, or attempt to hunt, shoot, or kill a game bird or a mammal by the aid of bait, on or over a baited area on any State-owned or State-controlled properties open to public hunting. The maximum penalty for a person found guilty of this offense is $500 for a first time offender.

Garrett County - On Wednesday, Sept. 12, the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Timmy Wayne Gordon, 39, of Oakland with hunting deer at night and hunting deer during closed season. NRP received a complaint through the Catch-a-Poacher Hotline that Gordon had allegedly shot an eight-point whitetail buck from a window of his residence on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11. NRP seized the buck as evidence.

A court date of Feb. 21, 2008, has been scheduled for Gordon in Garrett County District Court.   

The Maryland Natural Resources Police remind people that hunting at night is not only illegal; it is also unsafe. In addition, NRP encourage citizens to report illegal hunting activities by calling the Catch-a-Poacher 24-Hour Hotline at 1-800-635-6124. The anonymity of the caller is guaranteed.      

Garrett County - On Wednesday, Sept. 12, the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged four from Kitzmiller with hunting violations.

Jeffery Zachariah Brady, 18, and two juveniles, ages 16 and 17, were charged with hunting deer at night and hunting deer during closed season. Jimmy Junior Lipscomb, 40, was charged with hunting deer during closed season. The four allegedly shot an eight-point whitetail buck in Kitzmiller Park on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11.

A court date of Feb. 21, 2008, has been scheduled for Brady and Lipscomb in Garrett County District Court. The two juveniles were referred to the Department of Juvenile Services.    

Garrett County - On Saturday, Sept. 15, the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Paul Allen Brock, 22,  of Oakland with hunting deer during closed season and hunting without a license off of Sang Run Road near Oakland. NRP charged Brock after investigating a report of an individual hunting deer with a rifle on the Garrett County landfill property near Oakland.

A court date of Feb. 21, 2008, has been scheduled for Brock in Garrett County District Court.