Jury Convicts Teen for Hunting Accident
Hyde Park, Vermont - March 3, 2008
A jury has convicted a Lamoille County teenager for shooting
another hunter. Police say 18-year-old Eric Patch was bird hunting
in Hyde Park two years ago, when he shot another hunter out of a
tree stand. Andy Gates was hit with at least three-dozen pellets. He
survived. Patch told police he thought Gates was a partridge. A jury
convicted Patch on aggravated assault charges. That carries a
maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. No hunter has ever gone to
jail in Vermont for a non-fatal hunting accident.
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