After
pleading guilty to one charge of involuntary manslaughter and another
charge of having a weapon while under disability, an Ashtabula County
man is facing up to six years in prison and potentially up to several
thousand dollars in fines.
All
for a fatal hunting incident that occurred Sunday, November 2nd,
2018 at
about
6 a.m.; one day before the start of that year’s Ohio’s seven-day
firearms deer-hunting season.
Pleading
guilty to two remaining charges – three other charges were
dismissed
–
was
Anthony Leonard
Marcrom of Cleveland.
The
plea were made December 18th
before Ashtabula County Common Please Court
Judge
Gary L. Yost.
Sentencing
is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., February 24th,
also before Judge Yost, said Ashtabula County Prosecutor Cecilia
Cooper.
Marcrom
pleaded guilty to causing the death of Jared Micah Windler of
Saybrook Township.
Based
on an extensive
investigation led by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources along
with the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department, Windler
was struck by a shot fired when Marcrom hoisted via a rope a
muzzle-loading rifle into a tree stand, located about 15 to 20 feet
from the ground.
This
investigation determined that Windler was standing at the base of the
tree when the muzzle-loader discharged as it was being pulled through
branches.
The
projectile struck Windler on the left side of his forehead, killing
the man instantly, the investigation concluded.
Cooper
also said alcohol was a contributing factor in the incident.
The
prosecutor said as well her office will review the required
pre-sentencing report before
recommending any punishment for Marcrom.
“Our
main thought is that this was terrible, horrible tragedy, and nothing
we can do, no sentencing that can be given, will bring back Mr.
Windler’s life nor ease the grief his family will always feel,”
Cooper said.
The
muzzle-loading rifle has been forfeited, too, likely to be turned
over the Wildlife Division, Cooper said.
- Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
JFrischk@Ameritech.net
JFrischk4@gmail.com
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