Date: Dec. 7, 2006

Shooter: Timothy P. Bean, 51, Paris

Victim: Megan Ripley, 18, Paris

Incident location: Paris

Time: Approximately 4 p.m. (legal hunting ended at 4:24 p.m.)

Outcome: Bean charged with manslaughter

Date: March 29, 2006

Shooter: Cody Rioux, 15, Norridgewock

Victim: Joshua Sawyer, 15, Pittsfield

Incident location: Norridgewock

Outcome: Rioux pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Oct. 25, 2006; sentenced to 225 hours of community service, which includes speaking about his experience at 10 hunter safety courses to promote firearm safety. His father, Scott Rioux, 34, also of Norridgewock, pleaded no contest in September 2006 to three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of hunting on Sunday because he provided the boys with the ammunition they were using. He was sentenced to 50 hours of community service, part of which will also be served by speaking at hunter safety courses.

2004

Date: Nov. 8, 2004

Shooter: Adam B. Nason, 20, Newport

Victim: James Griffin Jr., 21, Levant

Incident location: Levant

Outcome: Griffin was hunting shortly after dusk and pleaded not guilty on Jan. 29, 2005. He changed his plea to guilty of manslaughter on June 14, 2005, and was sentenced to five years in prison with all but 30 days suspended. Victim was wearing blaze orange clothing.

2001

Date: Dec. 6, 2001

Shooter: James R. Newcomb, 35, Livermore

Victim: David L. Noyes, 42, Canton

Incident location: Canton

Outcome: On Aug. 25, 2003, Newcomb pled guilty to reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, a Class C felony. He could have received a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. But Justice Thomas E. Delahanty II, noting that Newcomb had voluntarily helped David Noyes’ family financially, sentenced him to two years probation and 100 hours of community service. As a convicted felon, Newcomb can never again legally hunt with a firearm.

2000

Date: Oct. 28, 2000

Shooter: Timothy Tuttle, 11, Rumford

Victim: Frank Moore, 27, Mexico

Incident location: Carmel

Outcome: No charges filed; ruling was that victim (who was wearing blaze orange hat and vest) stepped into line of fire.

Date: Nov. 18, 2000

Shooter: Matthew Trow, 19, Augusta

Victim: Jason Stoddard, 23, Sidney

Incident location: Augusta

Outcome: Convicted of driving deer (victim was wearing blaze orange hat and vest but was out of sight of shooter); $100 fine.

1997

Date: Nov. 18, 1997

Shooter: Frank R. Crosby, 49, Brooks

Victim: Carl R. Richardson, 45, Unity

Incident location: Unity

Outcome: Pled guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to two years, all suspended, and three years probation. The victim was wearing a blaze orange sweatshirt.

1996

Date: Oct. 8, 1996

Shooter: Todd Mercer, 25, Lewiston

Victim: Kevin MacDonald, 22, Bath

Incident location: Woolwich

Outcome: Acquitted of manslaughter and aggravated assault while hunting and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon. The victim was wearing camouflage while duck hunting.

1994

Date: Nov. 22, 1994

Shooter: Craig Turner, 16, Freedom

Victim: Alan Wood, 46, Winslow

Incident location: Freedom Pond

Date: 11/22/88

Outcome: Acquitted of juvenile charge of reckless conduct or criminal negligence. Victim was not wearing blaze orange.

1990

Date: Nov. 12, 1990

Shooter: Leroy M. Sabine, 40, Hudson

Victim: Mark Rackliff, 29, Hudson

Incident location: Hudson

Outcome: Victim was wearing a blaze orange vest and was chopping wood next to a skidder. Sabine was convicted of manslaughter and failing to render aid. Sentenced to five years in prison on each count.

1989

Date: Nov. 21, 1989

Shooter: Alton Lee Gardner, 60, Raymond

Victim: Steven Bernier, 24, Portland

Incident location: T5 R18 WELS (unorganized territory, Somerset County)

Outcome: Gardner acquitted of manslaughter; lost license for five years. The victim was the son of Garner’s best friend.

1988

Date: Nov. 15, 1988

Shooter: Donald Rogerson, 45, Bangor

Victim: Karen Wood, 37, Hermon

Incident location: Hermon

Outcome: The victim was hanging up clothes in her backyard and was not wearing blaze orange. Rogerson was acquitted of manslaughter.

1987

Date: Sept. 15, 1987

Shooter: Larry Jandreau, 32, St. Francis

Victim: George D. Simard, 32, Eagle Lake

Incident location: T13, R14 (unorganized territory, Aroostook County)

Outcome: Jandreau was convicted of manslaughter; sentenced to three years, all but four months suspended, plus 200 hours community service. He lost his license for five years. Victim was wearing a dungaree jacket and blue cap.

Date: Nov. 19, 1987

Shooter: Dennis Allen Reynolds, 26, Elkton, Md.

Victim: Thomas C. Bachman, 26, Wilmington, Mass.

Incident location: Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Somerset County

Outcome: Reynolds was acquitted of manslaughter. Victim had blaze orange vest and hat, but they were on the ground beside him.

Date: Nov. 9, 1987

Shooter: Glen Preston, 23, Machias

Victim: Harvey Smith III, 31, New Ipswich, N.H.

Incident location: Roques Bluffs

Outcome: Preston was convicted of manslaughter and criminal negligence with a firearm by a convicted felon. Sentenced to 2 years in jail; served 17 months. He lost his license for five years. The victim was bending over to move a log out of the woods in the road in front of his vehicle when he was shot.

1986

Date: Oct. 7, 1986

Shooter: John J. Hamilton, 16, Brownville

Victim: Jake Clement, 12, Brownville

Incident location: Brownville

Outcome: Shooting ruled an accidental discharge; convicted of holding loaded gun unsafely with no adults present. The victim was wearing a blaze orange vest.

Date: Nov. 1, 1986

Shooter: James A. Cox, 16, Sherman Mills

Victim: Geoffrey Durgin, 24, Sherman Mills

Incident location: Sherman

Outcome: Cox was charged with juvenile manslaughter, but dismissed in plea bargain. He was sentenced to public service and lost his license for five years. The victim was wearing a red and black checked coat; his fluorescent hat was not on.

1985

Date: Nov. 30, 1985

Shooter: Larry Murphy Jr., 19, Rumford

Victim: William Brown, 24, Wilton

Incident location: Mercer

Outcome: Murphy was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve 365 days; he lost his license for five years. The victim was wearing a blaze orange jacket.

Date: Nov. 28, 1985

Shooter: Herbert Crocker, 64, Leeds

Victim: Thomas Murphy, 68, Leeds

Incident location: Leeds

Outcome: Shooting was ruled an accidental discharge; no charges filed. Victim was wearing a blaze orange hooded sweatshirt and hat.

1983

Date: Nov. 15, 1983

Shooter: Richard Dodge, 48, North Edgecomb

Victim: Irving Merry, 83, Edgecomb

Incident location: Newcastle

Outcome: Dodge was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to public service; built at least 20 wood duck boxes. Victim was wearing a blaze orange cap and vest.

Date: Nov. 12, 1983

Shooter: Robert Leeder, 14, North Scituate, R.I.

Victim: Timothy Leeder, 15, North Scituate, R.I.

Incident location: Beddington

Outcome: Officials ruled the shooter was using a defective firearm; no record of charges. The victim, who was wearing a blaze orange hat, was the shooter’s brother.

Date: Nov. 8, 1983

Shooter: Kenneth Larrabee, 16, Knox

Victim: Richard Welch, 30, Knox

Incident location: Knox

Outcome: Larrabee acquitted of manslaughter. Victim was wearing blaze orange stocking hat, gloves and a red jacket.

1982

Date: Jan. 25, 1982

Shooter: Larry Pierce, 34, Sanford

Victim: Raymond L. Phillips, 34, West Buxton

Incident location: Buxton

Outcome: Pierce was acquitted of manslaughter; lost his license for five years. Victim was wearing a blaze orange vest under a red and black plaid jacket.

Roberta Scruggs compiled this summary from Sun Journal archives.