Jones admitted that, on July 29, 2004, he intentionally drove his car through a flock of ring-billed gulls in the parking lot of the Northgate Plaza shopping center on W. Brown Deer Road. Ten gulls were killed or injured. One gull was rehabilitated by the Wisconsin Humane Society and released back to the wild.

The incident was investigated by special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Conservation Wardens. ?We?re very grateful to the people who witnessed this crime and were concerned enough to call in and report it,? said Service Special Agent Ed Spoon ?Without public support we simply cannot do our jobs.?

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects all migratory birds, including shore birds such as gulls, songbirds, hawks, owls, eagles, and ducks and geese. The penalty for killing protected migratory birds includes a fine of up to $15,000 and imprisonment of up to six months.