Hudson man sentenced to prison for killing bald eagle listen

06/05/09 Mitch E. Perry
WMNF Drive-Time News Friday
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Tags: Bald eagle, sentencing

In Tampa today, Jesse Barresse of Hudson was sentenced in U.S. District Court to six months in federal prison for intentionally shooting and killing a bald eagle while he was illegally duck hunting in Ruskin in January 2008.

Barresse was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Steven Merryday.