Illegal 18-point costs Michigan man $15,510

A Michigan man who illegally killed an 18-point whitetail after already taking his two legal antlered deer for 2014 was fined more than $15,000 under the state’s new llaw that determines fines incrementally for trophy-class deer. Scott Malinowski, 37, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a general violation of wildlife conservation, a misdemeanor, according to court records. Read more in the Times Herald.