Phase 2 "Sharpshooting"

I hate to use the word "sharpshooting" because it is not. White Buffalo is the "nonprofit" company hired by Mt. Lebanon commissioners to coordinate the archers and now - Phase 2 - to do the shooting with high powered rifles in our community. They are not Navy SEALs, by any means.

The first private property identified for Phase 2 is

This may look familiar to some of the Lebo Citizens readers. It is behind Shady Lane. The Perri house is on the right. The golf course is to the left of the photo. Massachusetts resident Amy Castor was fined $1100 for walking on the path behind the Perri home and taking photos of the police officers and the dead deer. Evidently, the four deer that were killed early October were not enough for the Perri's. They are now part of Phase 2. What is troubling to me is that the shooting on the golf course is from 6 PM to 11:00 PM Monday through Friday. However, the location of the Perri tree stand facing the golf course permits shooting seven days a week from 4 PM in the afternoon since it is on private property. Our tax dollars are paying for this!

I am glad to see that killing these deer will reduce deer/vehicular collisions on the golf course. There have been far too many deer/golf cart collisions.

So much for the Mt. Lebanon Bureau of Tourism

On October 5, 2015, a visiting Cambridge woman decided to take her dog for a walk. Amy Castor had no idea what she was about to walk into. A hunter had just killed four deer and was loading them into his silver Chevy Suburban parked on Thornwood. The details and photos were posted on this blog under  Four deer killed on Shady Lane UPDATED.

The media picked up this story a month later and had it under "Breaking News." Through the comments, someone was able to run the license plate (I guess) and the hunter was Aaron Gander, from Upper St. Clair. Amy was cited by Mt. Lebanon Police and again by the PA Game Commission. Mt. Lebanon gave her a $120 citation.  Days later, the PA Game Commission cited her for interfering with a hunt which carries larger fines plus jail time. John Hayes wrote about it on November 18, 2015.

Amy's hearing is coming up this Thursday, December 3 at 8:00 AM before Blaise Larotonda. John Hayes couldn't even get the date right in his article. I don't know if Amy will have legal representation; I'm assuming that she is flying in from Boston, but I can't be sure. The hearing is public.

The news outlets have already reported Amy’s “wrongdoings.” They read the Mt. Lebanon police blotter. Of course, it was all spun against Amy, at least by the PG's John Hayes. That is why people on the side of justice need to try to set the record straight. This is about the misconduct of the MLPD. Please come to Amy's hearing. Some showing of support at the hearing and in the press would be, well, just. I abhor injustice and I have seen my share of it. We all have.

This is breaking news? UPDATED 3X

Mass. woman cited for harassing deer hunter in Mt. Lebanon

I am so mad that I am shaking! This is breaking news? John Hayes is a pig. This happened almost two months ago and not as he has described. Greg Perri slept on the floor in front of his daughter's bedroom doors? Seriously? The hunter felt threatened? So that is why he contacted the PG?  OMG. These are the archery photos the police wanted Amy to delete.

http://www.lebocitizens.com/Lebo_Citizens/Archery_Photos.html 

Do you see any photos of the hunter? I don't. Everyone on the road can see license plates. Not a big deal. Remember when Mt. Lebanon was trying to collected the $800,000 in parking tickets? Here is the list of license plates without the names. License plates are public information. The Neverending List 

November 19, 2015 9:06 AM I am suspecting that a certain Mt. Lebanon department has issued a press release. Another media outlet heard from:  Mass. woman cited in disputed cull in Mt. Lebanon

November 19, 2015 9:25 AM Is this part of the media blitz? MLPD Deer Incident Report "There are a total of 1039 deer incidents in this report." How many of them are archery related?

November 19, 2015 10:02 PM The identity of the hunter has been revealed in the comments under the PG article. Aaron Gander of Upper St. Clair is the hunter who felt threatened being shot by a 52 year old woman armed with a camera. Here is a screen shot in case they get deleted by the PG: