Man Charged With Intentionally Killing Bald Eagles With His Truck in Alaska

An Oregon man has been charged with intentionally driving his pickup truck into a group of bald eagles feeding on an Alaska roadway, killing two of them, authorities said Thursday.

Dennis C. Thompson, 28, of Union, Oregon, was cited on a count of using a motorized vehicle to harass or molest game, the Division of Alaska State Troopers said. Thompson is scheduled to be arraigned June 30 in Unalaska District Court, the division said.

Unalaska Police Chief Jamie Sunderland told NBC station KTUU the incident happened Sunday night in Dutch Harbor, a community on Unalaska in the Alaska part of the Aleutian Islands.

“Somebody called us and said there was someone who had ran over an eagle,” Sunderland said. “They said there was blood, and it was flopping around, that someone should come put it down.” (Read more from “Man Charged With Intentionally Killing Bald Eagles With His Truck in Alaska” HERE)

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