Wildlife Officials Remove Camera from Private Property

A Virginia homeowner is suing state game wardens, alleging they trespassed on his property and stole his camera without a warrant, adding to growing pushback from landowners who say government agents shouldn’t be able to surveil private property.

“It’s almost like we’ve got a situation with where they think their power’s limitless,” Josh Highlander said. “And I just don’t feel like that’s right.”

When Highlander reported it stolen, the sheriff’s department told him the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) had taken the camera and would reach out to Highlander, said attorney Joseph Gay with the nonprofit Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm.

More than two months later, Highlander said he has not received any information from DWR.

“Part of what this case wants to do is to establish the principle that no trespassing signs should apply to government agents, too,” Gay said. (Excerpt from Fox News.)