The investigation continues over a bald eagle that was found dead last month in Carbon County.

An immature bald eagle was discovered on Jan. 31 in a wooded area near the intersection of Trachsville Hill Road and Pohopoco Drive, Towamensing Township.Wildlife Conservation officer Cory Bentzoni said at that time the eagle was shot and killed with a firearm, likely before Jan. 23.William Williams, information and education supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Northeast Regional Office in Dallas, said no arrest has been made"We've had some leads come in," Williams said. "None of them have panned out to this point."Williams previously said it was not yet determined whether the bald eagle was a male or female because doing so would require an internal investigation.Because females tend to be larger than males, he speculated that the bald eagle was probably a female, and likely under 5 years of age due to the lack of color that was on the head and tail feathers.While the bald eagle was just taken off the state threatened list this past year, it is federally protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and is a protected species under the Game and Wildlife Code, Williams said.Therefore, he said that a person could be charged federally for killing a bald eagle or golden eagle, and that the punishment could be fines in the thousands of dollars, with potential prison time.Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the Northeast region office of the Pennsylvania Game Commission at 570-675-1143.In May, Game Commission officials said that Carl Marion, 46, of Lehighton, was charged in the shooting of a bald eagle outside Andreas.Marion was charged with one count of disturbance of wildlife, and six counts of the unlawful taking of protected birds.That eagle was shot on a back road near the Schuylkill and Carbon County lines, and died shortly after.