BANGOR — A 51-year-old Wytopitlock man was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison for killing a bald eagle and possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
Appearing in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Stephen L. Voisine was also sentenced to two years of supervised release to follow his period of incarceration, according to United States Attorney General Thomas Delahanty II. Voisine pleaded guilty to the crimes on June 13, 2011.
Court records reveal that in November 2009, an anonymous caller contacted state law enforcement officials to report Voisine had shot an eagle. A warden with the Maine Warden Service found the dead bald eagle on a logging road in Kingman. A veterinarian later examined the eagle and found wing and leg fractures and wounds containing lead fragments consistent with trauma from a high-velocity rifle bullet.
A cooperative federal and state investigation showed that Voisine shot and killed the eagle in October, 2009 with a .30-06 caliber rifle.
Voisine was convicted in 2004 of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Because of that conviction, he was prohibited from possessing a firearm, according to Delahanty. The attorney praised the cooperative federal and state investigation that led to the conviction. That investigation was conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Maine Warden Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
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