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Man Sentenced in Death of Bald Eagle in Northeast Nebraska

dept.-of-justiceLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man convicted in the death of a bald eagle in northeast Nebraska in 2014 has been sentenced to probation.

U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg says 24-year-old Antonio Bertucci, of Macy, received one year of supervised release Monday for his conviction of aiding and abetting the unlawful killing of a bald eagle.

Bertucci will serve nearly three years in prison on a separate conviction of habitual domestic abuse. That also includes three years of supervised release.

Prosecutors say Bertucci was the driver of a car in February 2014 that was involved in the shooting death of a bald eagle. Witnesses say a passenger in Bertucci’s car shot at two bald eagles on the Omaha Indian Reservation. One of the birds was found dead in the car trunk.

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