RALSTON, Neb. (AP) — A meat processor in Ralston is accused of stealing from a program that provides deer meat to hungry families.
Omaha television station KETV reports that 65-year-old Thomas Salistean is charged with theft and unlawful sale of game animals. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says in a court affidavit that Salistean fraudulently recorded donations to the Hunters Helping the Hungry program and illegally sold deer meat.
The affidavit says 26 of the 69 deer carcass donations Salistean reported during the 2013-2014 hunting season were either fraudulent or violated his contract with the state program or Nebraska statutes.
The program pays contracted meat processors $85 to process each deer carcass donated for the poor.
Salistean's attorney in another case didn't immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press.
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