The father of NFL safety Rodney Thomas II has been appointed a public defender after allegedly poaching a bald eagle with an air rifle outside Pittsburgh.
A bald eagle was rescued from a public safety communications tower in Monmouth County, New Jersey, after its left wing got caught on an ice shield. After hours of effort, authorities were able to free the bird — it is now recovering well.Rodney Thomas II has been appointed a federal public defender after federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania charged him with killing a bald eagle with an air rifle in May.
Indianapolis Colt Rodney Thomas II warms up before the game against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Bald eagle pair rests on a fallen tree near the Cherry Valley Dam in the Cherry Valley Lakeview Estates outside of Pittsburgh. However, when they were upgraded from endangered to protected, the state penalty in Pennsylvania was downgraded to just aThe Pennsylvania state Senate recently passed a bill to raise the fine to $2,000 in an effort to discourage poaching.
In 1980, there were just three pairs of nesting bald eagles in the entire state, according to her office. Now, there are more than 300, said Seth Mesoras, the information and education supervisor for the State Game Wardens' Southwest Region.
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