PENDLETON — Convicted poacher Joseph Reid St. Pierre of Pendleton is in the Umatilla County Jail following an arrest for drunken driving. And he could face another round of game violations.

Oregon State Police reported a trooper on Tuesday, Aug. 24, a few minutes after 11 p.m. responded to the Interstate 84 westbound off ramp at milepost 202 for a black Dodge R15 pickup with a male laying across the seat. According to state police, found the 21-year-old St. Pierre wearing clothes covered in blood and the scene smelled of wild game.

St. Pierre awoke and subsequently failed a sobriety test, OSP reported, and the trooper arrested him for driving under the influence of intoxicants (alcohol).

The trooper also took the game — either a deer or elk, OSP did not identify which — as evidence, along with a knife and a rifle. A tow company hauled off the pickup, and a family member took the dogs that were in the bed of the vehicle.

St. Pierre as of the morning of Aug. 25 was in the county jail. He pleaded guilty in 2018 to numerous counts of poaching and violating game laws. Court records show he is serving probation until April 2023, which includes a ban on firearms. The court also sentenced him to a lifetime revocation of a hunting license.

Court records also show he has previous probation violations and he owes $52,045 in fines and late payment penalties stemming from the 2018 convictions.