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07-17-2003, 11:45 AM
From the Columbus Dispatch, July 17, 2003:
LOGAN, Ohio - A Hocking County bowhunter who fired the arrow that killed another hunter in November will spend the next six months in jail.
Hocking County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas H. Gerken on Tuesday sentenced Frederick Darby Huffman, 28, of Logan, after he pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the death of Kary Jenkins, 31, of Circleville.
The men were hunting on Nov. 17 in a wooded area off Unger Road west of Old Man's Cave when Huffman fired a razor-tipped arrow from 27 feet and severed an artery in Jenkins' right thigh, investigators said.
Huffman applied a tourniquet and tried to summon help, but Jenkins had lost too much blood by the time he reached a hospital.
In a plea agreement this week, county prosecutors dropped the felony charge of involuntary manslaughter that Huffman initially faced. If convicted of the more serious charge, Huffman could have faced up to 10 years in prison.
"I heard from an awful lot of people that thought felony charges were too stiff," and David Sams, an assistant county prosecutor. "We felt this was an appropriate resolution to send a signal to reckless hunters. There is a price to be paid for accidents that are avoidable."
LOGAN, Ohio - A Hocking County bowhunter who fired the arrow that killed another hunter in November will spend the next six months in jail.
Hocking County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas H. Gerken on Tuesday sentenced Frederick Darby Huffman, 28, of Logan, after he pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the death of Kary Jenkins, 31, of Circleville.
The men were hunting on Nov. 17 in a wooded area off Unger Road west of Old Man's Cave when Huffman fired a razor-tipped arrow from 27 feet and severed an artery in Jenkins' right thigh, investigators said.
Huffman applied a tourniquet and tried to summon help, but Jenkins had lost too much blood by the time he reached a hospital.
In a plea agreement this week, county prosecutors dropped the felony charge of involuntary manslaughter that Huffman initially faced. If convicted of the more serious charge, Huffman could have faced up to 10 years in prison.
"I heard from an awful lot of people that thought felony charges were too stiff," and David Sams, an assistant county prosecutor. "We felt this was an appropriate resolution to send a signal to reckless hunters. There is a price to be paid for accidents that are avoidable."