Montgomery
Gentry

Today in Duluth , MN , Troy Gentry , half of multi-platinum country duo Montgomery Gentry, pleaded to a lesser offense of inaccurately tagging a bear, based on the Prosecutions’ recent decision to reduce the initial charge from a felony to a misdemeanor. While the case had nothing to do with the actual hunt – a legal act - Gentry accepts responsibility for a tag incorrectly submitted on his behalf.
 
US District Judge, Paul Magnuson cited on record that to date, he received “a number of communications that did not reflect the charge at all,” and therefore concurred that, “Mr Gentry didn’t tag this bear properly. That’s the charge.” At no time was it ever alleged that the bear was harvested illegally.
 
Gentrys’ attorney, Ron Meshbesher further explains that his clients’ response was to a “simple charge having to do with improper tagging of a game animal. That’s all it ever was.” Subject to the courts approval, the incorrect tagging could result in a fifteen thousand dollar fine and the forfeiture of his weapon and mounted bear.
 
Troy Gentry adds, “I did participate in improperly tagging the animal I shot, without realizing the seriousness of what I was doing. For that, I am truly sorry. I relied on the experts around me for guidance, and I regret that today. Not so much because I was fined and punished, but because it appears that I don’t have respect for the law. This has been a humbling experience for me, and one which I deeply regret.”