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Ted Nugent Illegally Kills Bear, Pleads Guilty

By: Associated Press
Posted: Sat 4:27 PM, Apr 21, 2012

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Rocker Ted Nugent has agreed to plead guilty to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in southeast Alaska.

The Detroit native made the admission in signing a plea agreement with federal prosecutors that was filed Friday in U.S. District Court.

Calls seeking comment from Nugent, his Anchorage attorney, Wayne Ross, and assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Schmidt were not immediately returned.

The plea agreement says Nugent illegally shot and killed the bear in May 2009 on Sukkwan Island days after wounding a bear in a bow hunt, which counted toward a state seasonal limit of one bear.

According to the agreement, the hunt was filmed for his Outdoor Channel television show "Spirit of the Wild."

The document says Nugent knowingly possessed and transported the bear in misdemeanor violation of the Lacey Act.


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