Eight men sentenced for Garfield County wildlife violations

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently wrapped up a case involving multiple wildlife violations in Garfield County committed by a Jordan man, a South Carolina man and two of his sons, and four other non-residents. The last of their court cases concluded in Montana in November of 2022.

FWP launched the multiple-state investigation in 2015, after Cole "Sonny" Lawson III of Walterboro, S.C., was questioned at a Missouri gas station by a conservation officer about seven game animals he said he was transporting from Montana for other hunters. Lawson III owned property and had business interests in...