Morgan County Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Poisoning Migratory Birds; Fined $7,500

Steven K. Rolf, 60, of rural Beardstown in Morgan County, Ill., entered a plea of guilty to two misdemeanor charges of illegally killing migratory birds by poison in violation of the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. U.S. Magistrate Judge Byron Cudmore accepted Rolfs’ guilty plea and imposed the agreed upon sentence at a hearing held today in Springfield.

As set forth in the plea agreement and disclosed during today’s hearing, Rolf will pay a $7,500 fine.

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