Connecticut’s Environmental Conservation Police (EnCon) Make Drug Arrest at Hopeville Pond State Park

Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Environmental Conservation Police (EnCon) said that Timothy D. Clohecy, DOB 10/21/1976, was arrested at Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold, on Saturday evening (October 24) for possession of one kilogram of marijuana and other controlled substances.  Clohecy lives at 19 Brickyard Road, Preston.
 
An EnCon officer on routine patrol shortly before 8 p.m. saw a motor vehicle in the parking lot after hours and investigated.  The investigation resulted in the arrest of Clohecy and seizure of $6,000 in cash and a Nissan Altima. 
 
Clohecy was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance and violating hours of operation in a state park.  The continuing investigation of this case may lead to other charges, according to EnCon Police.  Bond was set at $100,000.  Clohecy is scheduled to appear in Norwich court on Wednesday, October 28.  

Minnesota DNR officers pull man from mud hole 20 hours after ATV crash

HOYT LAKES, Minn. (KMSP) - John Lind left his home in Hoyt Lakes, Minn. on a planned 5-mile ATV ride to Aurora, Minn. on Sept. 16, but said, “I didn’t know the trail and got lost.” The next day, Minnesota DNR conservation officers Sean Williams and Marc Hopkins were called in to help emergency responders find the 77-year-old man.

When the conservation officers arrived to join the search, Curt Erickson of the St. Louis County Volunteer Rescue Squad said, “The game wardens are here, so now we’ll find him.”

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Leadership Academy Graduate LT. Jeff King of Wisconsin Recognized for Diversity Recruitment Efforts

A Conservation Warden Career Expo held in Milwaukee has earned a state Program Achievement Award for diversity for the Bureau of Law Enforcement’s Warden Recruitment Committee as well as the entire Department of Natural Resources.  The award, the DNR’s second in as many years, was presented October 29 at the State Council on Affirmative Action’s Annual Diversity Awards Ceremony in the Senate Parlor at the State Capitol.  The DNR was honored for its diversity efforts in the Tribal Internship Program.  The award is presented to the DNR through the Department of Administration.
“I want to thank the law enforcement bureau for their efforts to promote diversity and especially (Assistant Training Director) Jeff King for his work composing the nomination materials for the
Career Expo,” DNR Diversity Specialist Regina Kammes said.