They found a large mule deer wandering around and grazing on the lawn of a house and they shot and killed it with a bow and arrow.
A homeowner who heard the disturbance came out and saw them driving away. Clearly wanting the animal they had just killed, they returned to the scene of the crime. Wildlife officers investigated and Mitchell Reay confessed to illegally killing the deer.
He was also charged with reckless endangering for shooting arrows in a residential area. Of course, the news story claimed he was facing $11,000 in fines and up to 2-1/2 years in jail. I predicted neither of those things would happen and I was correct - he was given probation.
Lucky for us, he's such an idiot that he didn't even get very far into this probation before he was arrested for driving without a license. Because he was arrested while on probation, he violated the terms of his probation agreement and was re-arrested for that.
Now what is supposed to happen is that he spends the rest of his probation sentence in the county jail. However, that rarely happens either. He'll probably go to court a couple times and then they'll tell him he has been a bad boy - and he'll be allowed to continue his probation as though he'd never violated it. Yeah, the judicial system sucks.
The following individuals have been booked at the Sweetwater County Detention Center August 3, 2016: Mitchell Dean Reay, 45 of Rock Springs was arrested by the RSPD on a warrant for probation violation.
Arrest Information
Full Name: Mitchell Dean Reay
Aliases: Mitch Reay, Mitch Dean Reay, Mitch D. Reay, Mitchell D. Reay
Gender: Male
City: Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901
Height: 5'08"
Weight: 140 lbs
Hair Color: BLOND OR S
Eye Color: BLUE
Arrest Age: 45
Date:08/03/2016
Arrest Time: 5:45 PM
Arresting Agency: ROCK SPRINGS POLICE DEPT
Arrest Location: Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Total Bond: $800
Charge
#1 WRNT-SCCE-PROBATION VIOLATION-TAKING GAME ANIMALS W/OUT A LICENSE
BOND: $800
Although with her husband, Melisa Reay (aka Melissa Ann Reay, Melissa A. Reay, Melissa Reay, Melisa Ann Reay, Melisa A. Reay, Melisa A. Betts, Melisa Ann Betts, Melissa Betts, Melissa A. Betts, Melissa Ann Betts), when the deer was shot and killed - and she took her small child along with them while they committed this crime together, she was not charged.
Records show Melisa Reay has previous arrests: on March 22, 2011 and again on November 6, 2015.
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