CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - A federal judge sentenced a man to five years of probation after authorities say he killed a grizzly bear in northwestern Wyoming last year.
KTWO-AM reports William Kenneth Stoner was also ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution and a $5,000 fine after he pleaded guilty in October to killing the bear.
Authorities say Stoner shot and killed the bear in May while hunting for black bear in Park County.
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Authorities say Stoner took the bear to be registered at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department office in Cody, and a department officer discovered the animal was an endangered grizzly bear.
Stoner also pleaded guilty to a felon in possession of a firearm charge.
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Information from: KTWO-AM, http://www.k2radio.com/
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