(WWJ) -- A northern Michigan man is behind bars after “years of DNR-related violations,” including firing a weapon from a vehicle and the taking of an illegal deer.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says Cecil Edward Day, Jr., of Gaylord, Mich., was recently convicted in Otsego County Circuit Court on several charges, ranging form wildlife and felony weapons violations to third-offense drunk driving and being a habitual offender.
Day is currently serving up to seven and a half years in state prison for his involvement in three separate incidents that DNR conservation officers had been investigating since 2018.
Sgt. Mark DePew with the DNR Law Enforcement Division, calls Day a “thief of our natural resources.”
"Our officers' teamwork should be a lesson to those who seek to steal fish and game from the citizens of this state,” DePew said.
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Day pleaded guilty last month and was convicted on the following:
-- Intentionally discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle and possession or taking of an illegal deer in 2018. He was sentenced to 13 months in jail, loss of weapon used and ordered to pay fines totaling $1,836.
-- Possession of firearm by a felon and using another's hunting license in 2019. He was sentenced to 13 months in jail, loss of weapons used and ordered to pay fines totaling $1,458.
-- Operating a motor vehicle while being intoxicated (third offense) and being a habitual offender in 2020. He was sentenced to serve 16 months to 7 1/2 years in prison and to pay fines totaling $958.
The three sentences will run concurrently. Day started serving his sentence Sept. 13. Of his total $4,254 in fines assessed, $2,000 was ordered to be paid to the state's Fish and Game Fund as restitution for the loss of game.
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