CIVIL LITIGATION FILED AGAINST TRESPASSING HUNTER

 Civil litigation was filed in La Porte Superior Court No. 2 stemming from an incident in 2018 when CWE’s Director discovered a hunter trespassing in her backyard while attempting to retrieve a mature buck he killed. Counts against the hunter include common law trespass, assault, intrusion upon seclusion – a privacy violation – and infliction of emotional distress. The lawsuit also includes a count of private nuisance against the adjacent property owner who allegedly permitted Defendant to hunt her small residential lot with a high powered rifle.

Criminal charges against the hunter for criminal trespass and hunting without permission remain pending. The civil complaint can be found here.