Here's the latest updated article with statements made by those arrested. Sounds like these guys are real winners....
Suspect in Waupaca County deer slaughter says he ran down another on way home
Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers • January 17, 2009
WAUPACA — One of the three Weyauwega men charged with killing five deer by running them down with snowmobiles told a detective he ran down another deer on his way home and field dressed it for the meat.
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Rory Kuenzi, 24, made his initial appearance Friday on felony charges of mistreatment of animals and vehicle theft. He was held on a $25,000 cash bond.
His brother, Robby Kuenzi, 23, and Nicholas D. Hermes, 22, also are charged with multiple felony counts of mistreatment of animals. Robby Kuenzi also made his initial appearance today and was held on a $1,000 cash bond. Hermes appeared in court Thursday and was released on a $15,000 signature bond.
Rory Kuenzi, who also is the focus of an ongoing investigation into a 2004 hit-and-run crash that killed 20-year-old pedestrian Kevin McCoy, was interviewed Thursday by Waupaca County Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. John Mocadlo.
He told Mocadlo he hit two of the five deer that were found dead, and he did a “burn out” on one of the animals, according to the criminal complaint.
He also said he struck a deer in the back legs, jumped off his snowmobile and pinned it to the ground by sitting on it, then tied it by the neck to a tree with the help of his brother.
They intended to come back and kill the deer for its meat, Rory Kuenzi said, but decided later not to do so. The deer strangled itself trying to get free.
Kuenzi also told Mocadlo he stole the snowmobile he was riding when the deer were slaughtered, but ditched it in the woods when he and his brother became worried they were suspects in the deer killings. He also admitted to stealing ice fishing shanties with Hermes.
The slaughter has sparked outrage from snowmobilers, hunters and animal lovers, and rewards totaling more than $12,000 have been offered for information leading to the suspects or their convictions.
Investigators found three of the deer in a field Saturday about five miles south of Waupaca. A snowmobile had stopped atop one of them and ripped open its stomach, said Ted Dremel, a state Department of Natural Resources warden based in Waupaca County.
A fourth deer had broken legs and was euthanized. The fifth deer was dragged from the field and tied to a tree about 25 feet from a road. It strangled itself trying to get free.
The dead deer were two bucks and three does. One was a fawn.
Police, acting on tips, found the stolen snowmobile, near snowmobile trails in Mukwa. The sled was reported stolen Dec. 26 from outside the Kegles Bowling Center in Manawa.
Neither Nicholas Hermes nor Robby Kuenzi has a criminal record, according to online court records, though Robby Kuenzi was ticketed in 2003 for shining wild animals.
Rory Kuenzi was convicted in 2005 of substantial battery and sentenced to a year in prison on the conviction in December 2007 when his probation was revoked.
Each of the mistreatment of animal charges carries a maximum penalty of 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Rory Kuenzi’s vehicle theft charge carries a maximum six years in prison and $10,000 fine.
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