TYLER, Texas - From U.S. Attorney's Office - After a lengthy four year investigation a 77-year-old Cherokee County, Texas licensed deer breeder has pleaded guilty to illegally transporting wildlife in the Eastern District of Texas and then lying about it to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.

CARAQUET, N.B. Gilles David, age 41, and Lucien David, age 66, of the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick, were sentenced today in Provincial Court in Caraquet, New Brunswick, after being convicted of offences under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994.

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. -- December 22, 2011 -- Environment Canada’s Enforcement Branch investigation into the illegal sale of migratory birds has resulted in convictions, fines and court ordered prohibitions for a Prince Edward Island resident.

Corey Marchbank, age 39 of Miscouche, pleaded guilty in provincial court in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, for violations under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994.

Corey Marchbank was fined $4,000 after pleading guilty to three counts of selling geese and ducks on Prince Edward Island. He is also prohibited for two years from hunting migratory birds, or from being in the company of anyone hunting migratory birds. 

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officer found dead of a gunshot Monday in a Washington County office.

TWRA spokesman Don King said the officer was Ken Ripley.