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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Country singer Troy Lee Gentry appeared in U.S. District Court in Duluth on August 15 accused of killing a tame black bear and falsely claiming it was hunted in the wild. Gentry, 39, of Franklin, Tenn., and Lee Marvin Greenly, 46, of Sandstone, are both indicted for conspiring to violate the Lacey Act by falsely tagging a tame black bear as killed in the wild. Gentry is half of the singing duo Montgomery Gentry, a top country act since the late 1990s. Greenly refused to comment. Authorities accuse Gentry of purchasing the bear from Greenly, a wildlife photographer and hunting guide, then shooting it in an enclosed pen with a bow and arrow. He is then accused of arranging for the doctoring of a videotape of the “wild” kill. Gentry and Greenly made their initial appearances on August 15 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Raymond Erickson in connection with a sealed indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Minneapolis in July. Prosecutors say Gentry and Greenly tagged the dead bear, killed on Greenly’s property in October 2004, with a Minnesota hunting license and registered the animal with the state Department of Natural Resources as a wild kill. According to the indictment, Gentry paid about $4,650 for the bear, named “Cubby.” The bear’s death was videotaped, and the tape later edited so Gentry appeared to shoot the bear in a “fair chase” hunting situation, the government claims. If convicted, both Gentry and Greenly face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a $20,000 fine. Greenly also was charged with two unrelated crimes related to his work as a licensed commercial bear guide. The indictment alleges that Greenly and his employees guided commercial hunting clients onto the Sandstone National Wildlife Refuge, where he set up bear-baiting stations and hunting stands. In 2005, one of his clients illegally shot and killed two black bears in the refuge, the indictment alleges. Minnesota’s black bear population is healthy and the state encourages hunting as a way to control it, said DNR spokesman Mark LaBarbara. The department said hunters killed 3,391 bears in 2004. “But there’s no question that the state does not condone shooting a pen-raised bear,” LaBarbara said. Manager says country singer thought bear killing was legal DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – The manager for Troy Lee Gentry said August 16 that the country singer thought he had complied with the law when he shot and killed a tame black bear in Minnesota and was surprised when he was indicted. Authorities allege that Gentry, of the duo Montgomery Gentry, purchased the bear from Greenly, a wildlife photographer and hunting guide, then killed it with a bow and arrow in an enclosed pen on Greenly’s property in October 2004. Gentry’s lawyer said that the federal indictment was misleading. “Number one, the bear was not killed in a cage,” said Minneapolis lawyer Ron Meshbesher. “The bear was roaming around in a fenced area of several acres, and my client spent almost two hours in a tree stand before he got a clear shot with a bow and arrow.” An acre is about the size of a football field without the end zones. Meshbesher said Gentry “is extremely distraught about these allegations. He prides himself as an environmentalist and an avid hunter who respects the fish and game laws of the United States.” The bear’s death was videotaped, and the tape later edited so Gentry appeared to shoot the animal in a “fair chase” hunting situation, the government claims. Meshbesher said the videotape was made for Gentry’s private use. He said it was edited to remove the time spent waiting in the tree stand, cutting the tape from more than an hour to 15 minutes. “They never edited the videotape to make it look like something it wasn’t,” Meshbesher said. “Nothing was done to hide the fact that this (hunt) occurred the way it occurred.” A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney in Minneapolis said federal authorities would not comment on Meshbesher’s assertions. Gentry’s manager, Johnny Dorris, said Gentry expects to be exonerated. Gentry “relied on the knowledge and expertise of a local guide to obtain the proper permit,” Dorris said in a written statement. “Troy felt what he did was legal and in full compliance of the law and was surprised to hear of the indictment.” Greenly’s attorney, Robert Malone of St. Paul, said his client is pleading not guilty.
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Singer Gentry Sentenced In Captive Bear Killing (AP) Sandstone, Minn. A federal judge has sentenced Troy Gentry to three months of probation and fined the country singer $15,000 for killing a captive black bear in a fenced enclosure near Sandstone. Gentry, of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in November. Under the plea deal, he agreed to forfeit the bear and the bow he used during the hunt. The 600-pound bear has been part of a taxidermy display at Gentry's home in Tennessee. Gentry also agreed to give up hunting in Minnesota for five years. The bear was killed in October 2004 at the 80-acre Minnesota Wildlife Connection. Authorities say the owner of the facility, Lee Marvin Greenly, sold the bear for $4,650 and orchestrated the hunt, which Gentry videotaped and edited to make it look like the bear was killed in a fair chase hunt. Gentry was sentenced on Friday.
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zac41 Night Shift Deputy 
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I wish they would have put him in jail!
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maxdun 
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He shot Gental Ben? I wonder if my lab is safe around guys like that?
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