Hunter Pretends To Be IRS Agent To Avoid Fine

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From boston.com

An Alabama man has been given three years' probation and fined $5,000 after he was convicted of impersonating a federal tax agent in an effort to keep from being cited for hunting violations.

Patrick Clete Blankenship of Decatur, Ala., was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge James M. Moody. He was also convicted in December of four misdemeanors -- a single count of possession of a fake Internal Revenue Service identification card, and three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Act.

Authorities say the 36-year-old Blankenship posed as an IRS agent in January 2004 when he was confronted by enforcement officers of the state Game and Fish Commission.

The game officers found that Blankenship had killed six white-fronted, speckled-belly geese when the limit was two. They also accused Blankenship of luring the geese with an illegal electronic calling device and using lead shot.... Entire Story Here