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Tomko, 61, is a semiretired electrical engineer who plays trombone in the DuPage Symphony and in a group at his Baptist church. He said the neighborhood's pastoral ambience was one of the reasons he and his wife moved there in 1985. He said he loves nature.
Casino, 45, is a self employed tree specialist who calls himself an environmentalist. He and his family have lived in the neighborhood, bordered by a federally protected wetland, for about four years. Their home sits on 2 acres where horses and wild turkeys roam.
Casino said he started hunting at age 12 but grew increasingly unsettled by it and stopped in his mid 20s. About five years ago, he watched as a Canada goose was struck deliberately and killed on Warrenville Road. Feb. 26, while driving by, Casino said he saw Tomko level a pellet rifle at a goose on the frozen pond and fire.
"It was probably five minutes of flopping and staggering," Casino said. "I saw it die. It was pretty gross."
Tomko said he also was astonished and saddened. He said he had hit "literally hundreds" of geese with pellets from the spring loaded rifle and never injured one.
Tomko said he became frightened by the irate Casino, who shouted that he was calling the police.
When two DuPage County sheriff's officers arrived a few minutes later, Tomko confessed. The officers told him to stay in town.
The next afternoon, one of them phoned Tomko and offered to let him surrender at the sheriff's office March 3, which he did. He also surrendered the pellet rifle.
Federal and state laws protect Canada geese. But the stiffer penalties allowed in
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