​Teens Arrested For Shooting Federally Protected Crane

TROY, MI — Two teens were arrested on Oct. 31 for allegedly shooting a federally protected Sandhill Crane in Oakland County, according to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Office press release.

A woman in the 2600 block of Noble Rd. called deputies after reportedly seeing four Sandhill Cranes (gray birds with a red forehead and stick thin legs) flying above her property. She then heard a gunshot and watched as a crane fell crashing to the ground.

Responding deputies conducted an area check and located the bird brigade: an 18-year-old Oxford Township male and 19-year-old Lapeer County man. Deputies discovered the teens with the dead Sandhill Crane, 18 dead ducks, marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia.

The teens are facing an onslaught of charges. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office issued misdemeanor violations for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. And the Department of Natural Resources issued violations for taking waterfowl over bait, over limit mallards, over limit hen mallard, over limit ducks and possession of federally protected species.

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