AK Wildlife Troopers
AK15043302
Location: Bethel
Type: Big Game Guide Convictions
Dispatch Text:
On 1/27/15, Master Big Game Guide Michael Wade Renfro, owner and operator of Renfro’s Alaskan Adventures, pled guilty to one count of Committing, Aiding, or Allowing a Violation of a Client and one count of Unsworn Falsification in the Aniak District Court. Renfro collectively was fined $30,517.00 with $26,000.00 suspended and had his Guide and Transporters License suspended for a period of 6 months in both 2016 and 2017. He was also ordered to provide $100,000.00 worth of air travel to the Lower Kuskokwim and Kuspuk School District between 2016 and 2018 and provide proof of completion by 12/31/18. Renfro was placed on probation until 1/27/19.
Also involved in the same incident was Master Guide Joseph Andrew Miller, of Fairbanks. Miller pled guilty to one count of Failing to Report a Violation and one count of Committing, Aiding, or Allowing a Violation of a Client. Miller in total was fined $30,517.00 with $26,000.00 suspended and had his Guide License suspended for one year beginning 11/1/16. Miller was placed on probation until 1/27/19.
The client in this incident Theresa M. Vail of Wichita KS, had previously pled guilty to one count of take game without non-resident big game tag on 1/6/16. Vail was fined $1,183.00 including restitution and forfeited a brown bear hide and skull to the State.
