MAPLEWOOD MAN SENTENCED FOR HUNTING DEATH

46-year old Steven John Ferguson was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday for the shooting death of 14-year old Brandon Lanie of Buffalo. A jury convicted the Maplewood man of second-degree manslaughter in October. The two had been hunting on land north of Lake Mille Lacs last November. Ferguson testified he fired twice at what he thought was a deer. District Judge John R. Solien also placed Ferguson on supervised probation for ten years, ordered he drink no alcohol, enter no liquor establishments and have no contact with Brandon's family. Ferguson has thirty days to report to the Ramsey County Jail.