Man pleads guilty in deer hunting violation

A Cooper Township man pled guilty last week in Kalamazoo County District Court to poaching-related charges.
According to a media release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 29-year-old Craig Laws was originally charged with seven misdemeanor counts. Under a plea agreement, however, Laws pled guilty to possessing a deer while ineligible to secure a license; possessing a deer without a license attached; and obtaining a license when ineligible.
Laws’ original license revocation stems from a 2013 Kalamazoo County case in which he was found in possession of a deer and did not have a valid Michigan license.
Laws was ordered to pay $250 in court fees and $2,000 in fines. He will be ineligible to purchase a hunting license in Michigan for five years.