PROVO — Three Utahns are facing charges after Utah County prosecutors allege they illegally hunted multiple deer over the past few years.

Jeremy Edward Thomas, 36, and Tanza Ann Thomas, 34, of Springville, and Braiden Wade Mattinson, 33, of Lindon, were all charged with wanton destruction of protected wildlife, a third-degree felony, in 4th District Court on Monday, as well as multiple misdemeanor counts of wanton destruction of protected wildlife and a few additional charges.

The charges stem from an investigation that began in Mapleton over a year ago. A pair of tipsters told Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers, who are now part of the Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Law Enforcement, that they saw a man holding a hunting bow and using truck headli

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