Illinois men convicted for poaching deer in Grant Co. in December
WOODMAN, Wis. — Four Illinois men have been convicted stemming from a deer poaching incident in Grant County in late December, the county’s sheriff’s office said Wednesday.
The incident happened around 6:30 p.m. on December 26 on County Highway K in the town of Woodman. In a news release, the sheriff’s office said it received a complaint of someone shooting deer after legal hunting hours.
A witness gave a deputy a description of a vehicle with an Illinois license plate, which law enforcement officials stopped in Fennimore. Misbah Syed, 49, of Naperville, Illinois, admitted to using the headlights to help shoot a whitetail doe on private property after hunting hours, the sheriff’s office said on December 27.
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Online court records show Syed pleaded no contest last month to a charge of hunting deer during a closed season. He was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine plus costs totaling nearly $3,500. Syed also had his DNR privileges revoked for three years.
Three other men were charged in the incident.
Mohammed Siddiqi, 64, also of Naperville, pleaded no contest last week to a misdemeanor charge of hunting deer during a closed season, and Mohammed Khan, 54, of Plainfield, Illinois, pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor charge of illegal shining of deer, elk or bear. Both were fined and had their DNR privileges revoked for three years, according to court records.
Sami Siddiqi, 61, of Naperville, pleaded no contest in June to a charge of failure to complete registration of a deer as required and was fined $343.50.
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