OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County judge has sentenced a Newalla man to 10 days of incarceration for killing a tame, white-tailed breeder deer named "Pretty Boy" while it was in a pen.
District Judge Jerry Bass ordered Justin Ray McDaniel on Wednesday to serve the sentence at a private lockup facility. Bass also put McDaniel on probation for 10 years and ordered him to pay $33,000 in restitution.
McDaniel pleaded guilty in November to grand larceny of exotic livestock and making a false statement at a hunter check station.
A prosecutor said the deer's owner, Mark Kwitowski, and breeder Mike Chain lost between $493,000 and more than $1.18 million in potential breeding income.
McDaniel told Bass he killed the buck in November 2008 to boost his ego.
He apologized to Kwitowski and Chain.
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Information from: The Oklahoman
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