Cops bust ‘jacklighting’ suspects

By DAVID HULSE

NARROWSBURG, NY — By the end of the day on December 11, two Brooklyn men found themselves in the Sullivan County Jail following what police say was an illegal deer hunting expedition that earned them 29 separate violations of state environmental conservation laws. But the incident began the night before.

At 9:00 p.m. on December 10, state police in Narrowsburg investigated a report of people hunting with lights along the Cochecton Turnpike Road in Tusten.

Troopers found Miroslav Liscinski, 34, of Brooklyn using a spotlight from a van on the road and saw a second man leave the car and enter the woods.

In the vehicle the trooper found a rifle, spotlights, and two strung compound bows, one with an arrow still notched. Liscinski also had a two-way radio to contact the second man in the woods, who was identified as the owner of the van.

After several hours, attempts by troopers and Department of Environmental Conservation Police to persuade the second man from the woods were unsuccessful and the operator of the vehicle was then taken to the Town of Tusten court.

Liscinski was arraigned on charges including two counts of an unsecured bow while using a light, one count of an unsecured gun while using a light and one count of a loaded bow while using a light.

Justice Nuttycomb set bail at $3,000 and the defendant was remanded to the Sullivan County Jail.

At daybreak on Wednesday, troopers were alerted about a subject in the Barryville Coffee Shop who was dressed in camouflage clothing and calling for a taxi. The man’s cab arrived before police, but a check of a Port Jervis taxi livery led to the fare’s destination, a residence in the Town of Cochecton.

Troopers and DEC police proceeded to the residence and found the owner of the vehicle, Peter Sipos, 34, at the residence. Sipos was arrested for the same charges as Liscinski.

In addition, the pair was charged with two counts of hunting deer with artificial light ( deer jacking ) one count of possessing an illegal doe deer, one count of possessing an illegal buck deer, one count of improperly tagged doe deer, two counts of using an artificial light within 500 feet of a residence, four counts of placing salt licks on land inhabited by deer, two counts of hunting over bait, two counts of feeding deer, four counts of untagged portions of venison, one count of carrying the tags of another while afield, and one count of trespassing on private posted lands.

Liscinski and Sipos are due back in Tusten court on December 19.