Rodney Thomas, father of Colts safety Rodney Thomas II, was indicted on charges related to the May killing of a bald eagle in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Attorney General's office said.
"The bald eagle is our national bird and is widely known as being symbolic of our independence as a country," Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh said in a statement.
"A symbolic species such as the bald eagle deserves our protection. My office, along with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, and the Mt. Pleasant Police Department worked diligently coordinating with each other to identify and charge the individual responsible and bring him to justice."
Two mature bald eagles in their nest in Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania. One of them was killed by a poacher in May, shortly after they hatched two eaglets.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Linda Carnevali, a resident of Mount Pleasant Township, told Fox News Digital that the eagle was one of two in the area that had been there for nearly two decades. They were guarding two eaglets that recently hatched in the nest.
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