Wyoming: Idiots Mitch Reay and Melisa Reay thought it was a good idea to put their child in the car and go killing deer in residential areas

WYOMING -- A man accused of shooting and killing a deer on College Hill will make his first court appearance on October 30 after being summoned  to appear earlier on Wednesday.

Mitchell Dean Reay (aka Mitch Reay, Mitchell Reay) of Rock Springs was summonsed to appear but was not arrested on three alleged charges stemming from an incident on College Hill on Sept. 27 after a deer was shot and killed.

Reay faces the charges of taking killing a big game without a license, killing / hunting a mule deer in the wrong hunting area and reckless endangering. If he is convicted on all three charges, Reay could face 2-1/2 years in jail, up to $11,000 in fines or both. -- but we all know that won't happen. They'll give him a couple hundred dollar fine and give him probation.

According to court documents, Dave Hays of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department reported on Sept 27 at 7:30 p.m. the WG&F Department responded to 1204 Hilltop and met with a person who observed a large 3×3 mule deer buck lying dead with a wound to the left front shoulder area.

The report states the wound appeared to have three distinct cuts in a triangular pattern, consistent with a three-bladed broadhead on an arrow.

The witness told Hays he saw a white passenger car in the immediate area while making the initial call to law enforcement. Hays stated in the report while he was observing the deer, he also observed a white passenger car drive by the location once and then slowly returned again a few minutes later.

Hays approached the car and observed a female driver and male passenger both dressed in camouflage clothing with a small child in the backseat.

Hays said he asked the occupants if they had seen anyone shoot the deer and the occupants replied they did not. Hays said he detected alleged evasive behaviors in their mannerisms and responses. The male told investigators he did have a bow in the trunk of the car and showed it to them.

The occupants were identified as Mitchell Reay and Melisa Reay (aka Melissa Reay, Melissa Ann Reay, Melissa Betts, Melisa Ann Betts, Melisa Betts) both of Rock Springs. Investigators recorded the license plate and advised the couple they were free to go home.

Game and Fish recovered the deer, field dressed it at a remote location outside of town and placed the carcass in the evidence cooler at the Green River Regional Office.

Early on Sept. 28, investigators returned to Hilltop to search for an arrow. Resident Robert Every told investigators he found an arrow near his mailbox. It was lying at the base of the post holding the mailbox and had left a cutting blade stuck in it. One blade was missing and a third blade was still attached to the arrow. The arrow was short in length and appeared to be a crossbow bolt.

Investigators contacted Mitchell Reay and conducted an interview with him. At first he allegedly denied involvement but eventually confessed to shooting the deer with an arrow and provided a written statement and confession.

The reckless endangering charge was added due to the arrow landing in front of two house, one which had a large window facing the mailbox.

Due to the trajectory of the recovered bolt, it was allegedly fired directly towards an area of residential homes . If the bolt had flown in a slightly different path, it allegedly could have caused injury or death to persons present in the area.

(Sweetwater Now - October 8, 2014)