One of the men charged with using snowmobiles to kill deer in Waupaca County has been sentenced to prison on a probation violation.

Twenty-four-year-old Rory Kuenzi of Weyauwega was sentenced Friday to two years in prison on a 2005 conviction for beating his girlfriend.

He had been on probation for the conviction. But the probation was revoked when he was charged in January for his alleged role in killing deer in the Town of Lind.

Robby and Rory Kuenzi and Nicholas Hermes are accused of rounding up the deer with their sleds, then running them down Jan. 9.

The Kuenzi brothers have pleaded not guilty.

Public defender Troy Nielsen told the judge that in the year before the deer charges, Rory Kuenzi had stayed out of trouble.

But prosecutor James Fassbender said the animal charges were consistent with a pattern of violence.

Kuenzi's assault on his girlfriend left her with a broken tooth.

It's better than nothing, but this piece of shit shoulda gotten a minimum of 2 yrs PER DEER.

I can't believe the DoNothingRight didn't go after a stiffer sentance. If they catch someone poaching they get a worse sentance than this polesmoker.

Twenty-four-year-old Rory Kuenzi of Weyauwega was sentenced Friday to two years in prison on a 2005 conviction for beating his girlfriend.

the deer thing is coming............

OK, gotcha, I misunderstood. They used the deer killing as a way to put the loser jerkoff in jail for probation violation, but haven't tried him for the killing crime yet. I'm a little slow.