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Detail Incident Report <br />NARRATIVE: <br />Name: GREEN, ZACHERY <br />Kittitas County Sheriffs Office Uniform Incident Report <br />CASE #: S15-08451 <br />CRIME: RCW 77.15.435, Unlawful hunting on or retrieving hunted wildlife from <br />the property of another <br />SUSPECT: Cole, Richard A <br />NARRATIVE: <br />On 10-17-15 at approximately 1040 hrs I responded to a trespass that had just <br />occurred. I responded to Tanuem Rd where the Westside Irrigation canal crosses <br />the road. I saw a vehicle parked in the entrance to the canal road bearing WA <br />license AFW 1970. There was a male standing next to the car who identified <br />himself by his WADL as Richard A. Cole. I asked Mr. Cole what was going on and <br />he told me that he had shot a deer and was trying to access it when he was <br />contacted by the RP, Ethan George, who advised him he had trespassed to shoot <br />the deer based on the description of where he had shot it. <br />I then contacted Mr. George who told me the land that Mr. Cole had been on <br />belongs to the Springwood Ranch and there is no way to access it without <br />crossing private property. <br />Mr. Cole said that he had driven up North Thorp Hwy to where the railroad tracks <br />cross the road and parked. He said he walked W/B along the railroad tracks <br />until he was almost to the Yakima River and then headed S/B along the river <br />until he got to the canal road. Where he got to the canal road there is a large <br />irrigation structure maintained by Westside Irrigation. This structure has a <br />sign indicating people are not supposed to continue. Mr. Cole said he walked <br />the canal road approximately 200 yards and then sat down by the river. He said <br />a deer came out, and he shot it. He said the deer made it up onto the canal <br />road so he came up to the road and shot and killed the deer. Mr. Cole said at <br />that point he walked out of the area the way he came in and was looking for a <br />way to access the area with his vehicle when he was contacted by Mr. George. <br />I asked Mr. Cole if he was willing to show me where the deer was so we could <br />determine if it was on private property and he agreed. I asked Mr. Cole if he <br />was willing to get in my vehicle to drive back to the area and he agreed. Mr. <br />George unlocked the gate on the canal Rd and Mr. Cole and I drove the canal Rd <br />back onto the Springwood Ranch property until we came to the large irrigation <br />structure and where the canal parallel's the Yakima River. We found the deer <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />rplwdir.0 10/17/17 <br />