Updated Mt. Lebanon Deer Incident Report UPDATED

https://lebotools.mtlebanon.org/dit/public_incident_report.php

Chief Lauth reported that the deer covered with a tarp at 318 Hazel Drive had been hit by a vehicle. Now the report says that the deer had been stuck in a fence and discharged by police. He told Commissioner Vuono that there were no incidents related to archery.

No incidents? What about 9/26/15 - dead deer with arrow on Robb Hollow?

Check out the report for 23 Ralston on September 3 - deer ran off. Pathetic.

This has to stop!

Update October 20, 2015 5:26 PM

From: Kelly Fraasch <kfraasch@mtlebanon.org>
To: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>; alauth <alauth@mtlebanon.org>
Cc: dbrumfield <dbrumfield@mtlebanon.org>; philip.weis <philip.weis@bipc.com>; commission <commission@mtlebanon.org>
Sent: Tue, Oct 20, 2015 3:39 pm

Subject: Re: Hazel Drive discrepency?

Chief:

Please review the email below.
I would appreciate if you could respond to Ms Gillens concerns and copy the rest of us.
Thank you.

Sent from Kelly's iPhone, please excuse typos or auto-corrections.

On Oct 20, 2015, at 2:28 PM, "egillen476@aol.com" <egillen476@aol.com> wrote:

Aaron Lauth had reported to Coleen that the 318 Hazel deer had been hit by a car and left behind until Animal Control came to pick it up. He also told you, Kelly, that he had no idea where the bloody tarp would have come from. Now the deer incident report is claiming that the deer on Hazel had been stuck in a fence and "dispatched" by a police officer. Which is it? 

https://lebotools.mtlebanon.org/dit/public_incident_report.php 

On 9/26/15, there was a dead deer with an arrow in it on Robb Hollow Road. How can you or Mt. Lebanon Police claim that there were no incidents related to the archery program? What about the car accident on Washington Road that involved a wounded deer? Where does that show up on the deer incident report?

Are you aware that ******* has been issued a second citation for the Shady Lane incident? This one is by the PA Game Commission. It is tragic that she has become a scapegoat. She was walking her dog during her visit here. She lives in *******. You may remember that I spoke to you on the phone about this incident. The police had asked her to delete her photos.
Elaine Gillen

Update October 20, 2015 5:38 PM

From: Aaron Lauth <alauth@mtlebanon.org>
To: Kelly Fraasch <kfraasch@mtlebanon.org>
Cc: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>; David Brumfield <dbrumfield@mtlebanon.org>; Philip Weis <philip.weis@bipc.com>; Commission <commission@mtlebanon.org>
Sent: Tue, Oct 20, 2015 5:31 pm
Subject: Re: Hazel Drive discrepency?

Commissioner Fraasch,

After reviewing these incidents in question, it appears that I confused the reason for the 9-1-1 call related to the deer at 318 Hazel Drive. Based on my quick recollection when called upon at the meeting, I apparently mixed up the reason behind the calls received on 9/27 and 9/28.

318 HAZEL DRIVE 09/28/2015 INJURED DEER STUCK IN FENCE - DISCHARGED BY OFFICER
243 TWIN HILLS DRIVE 09/27/2015 X DEER STRUCK BY VEHICLE - IN YARD INJURED

After further review, The Deer Incident Report does reflect the correct information surrounding these incidents. The Twin Hills Drive incident was reported as a deer struck by a vehicle and the Hazel Drive incident involved a deer that had become stuck in a fence. While the start of the Hazel Drive call was different than what I described at the meeting, the outcome was the same. The deer's leg had become stuck in a fence, and as it attempted to free itself, the leg was broken causing severe injury to the animal. Since this call came in at 11:30 pm, our police officers were sent to address the situation. Based on the condition of the animal, the decision was made to put the deer down as is routine in these types of situations. After discharging the deer, it was left in the front yard of 318 Hazel Drive for pickup by Animal Control the following morning. I still have no information about who may have placed a tarp on the deceased animal, but I can confirm that an Animal Control Officer did pick up the carcass first thing in the morning.

The incident listed on 9/26 involved an early morning call about a deceased deer that was found in a yard on Robb Hollow Rd. An Animal Control Officer responded and located a dead deer with an arrow in its side. It was then quickly determined that archer from the contracted deer management archery program had hunted the deer and was in the process of tracking it when the call was received. The hunted deer was found in close proximity to where the archer was hunting and he was currently tracking the deer. I did not speak about this situation at the meeting because this event appears to be part of a normal archery hunt where the archer had shot (arrow) and was actively tracking the deer as required, therefore no "issues" or Game Commission violations occurred.

Lastly, I can confirm that ******* of ****** was cited by MLPD for Defiant Trespass on 10/5. ******* entered private property and refused to leave after several requests by the property owner. When the local Wildlife Conservation Officer from the PA Game Commission became aware of the incident, it is my understanding that he then filed charges for interference with a lawful hunt. At the time of the incident, MLPD officers asked ******** to delete the photos on her cell phone at the request of the victim, as well as ******* relatives whom she was staying with at the time.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Thanks,

Aaron V. Lauth

Chief of Police

Mt Lebanon Police Department

555 Washington Road

Pittsburgh, PA  15228

(412)343-4015

alauth@mtlebanon.org

www.mtlebanonpd.org