Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to poisoning bald eagles

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to poisoning and killing bald eagles and hawks near his Steuben County sheep farm.
William Wentling, 68, of Rothville, PA, was sentenced to two years’ probation and a $3,500 fine for a violation of the Bald and Gold Eagle Protection Act.
According to the U.S. assistant attorney who handled the case, the state DEC received a report of a dead bald eagle in a field on Thompson Road in Addison, NY in March 2015. The carcass w