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A Bellefonte man has been sentenced to spend up to 18 months in jail and pay more than $20,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to poaching three bull elk in Clearfield County, one of them among the largest on record in Pennsylvania. 25-year-old Frank Buchanan Jr. poached the elk during two nights in September. The largest of the three bulls had a 10- by 9-point non-typical rack. If it had been legally taken, it would rank as Pennsylvania’s third-largest bull elk ever. Two other men charged in the incident waived their preliminary hearings. 46-year-old Jeffrey Bickle, also of Bellefonte, and 20-year-old Cody Lyons of Milesburg are due back in court November 19. Game Commission photo The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

A woman who swerved her car to avoid hitting some elk, ended up in a ditch. Police say 31-year-old Jeannette Friday of Weedville was on Bennetts Valley Highway at 3 o’clock this morning when she looked down to light a cigarette. When she looked back up, the elk were in the road. She was issued a citation. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

An elk caused an accident in Driftwood Monday evening. Police say 26-year-old Joshua Boone of Port Royal was on Route 120 at about 6:30 p.m. and, when he went around a curve, saw an elk standing in the road. He put on his brakes and swerved but, because of the wet road from a recent rain, the back of the car slid, and the car went into a ditch and hit a culvert. Boone wasn’t hurt, but the car had to be towed from the scene. No charges will be filed. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947