Man Gets 10 Years For License Shooting

[Kor37 9]

Man Gets 10 Years in License Shooting

AP

Posted: 2007-06-27 18:58:22

REDDING, Calif. (AP) - A 49-year-old truck driver has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting his wife after she failed to renew his driver's license.

 

Gary Alan Hemsted pleaded no contest earlier this month to attempted voluntary manslaughter, using a firearm and causing great bodily injury in the wounding of his wife, Lisa, 42, in 2005.

 

Shasta County sheriff's deputies said Hemsted became angry after he was cited for driving with an expired license and blamed his wife for failing to renew it.

 

Detective Steve Grashoff testified that Hemsted threatened to shoot his wife's horse and fired a round from a .22-caliber rifle that narrowly missed his wife and hit the family's barn.

 

Lisa Hemsted ran down the driveway of the couple's home while her husband gave chase in his pickup truck. As Lisa Hemsted climbed over a fence to try to get away, Gary Hemsted aimed his rifle at her, told her "you're dead" and fired a shot that hit her in the right thigh, Grashoff said.

 

A sheriff's patrol car was pulling up as the shooting took place.

 

Hemsted's attorney, Richard Maxion, said his client could end up serving a little more than six years in prison after the 796 days he has spent in jail and any credits he earns for good behavior are deducted from the sentence.

 

 

Well........at least he had a good excuse.................

[Theunicornhunter 2]

That's not even funny....

 

The more I read the news the more I think men should become obsolete - women seem much better off without them.

[Odie 0]

I agree. I wonder how funny it would be if roles where reversed.

 

Men are the cause of evil in this world.

[jadziaezri 0]

not all evil. its just that women have been a secondary race since forever

[Gummy 0]

In my eyes, women are my equal. Women have to endure so much pain that they have my utmost respect. I have never, nor will I ever treat any woman like they're a second class citizen. The guy was dead wrong for doing what he did. Violence towards women and children is wrong. And there will never be a good enough excuse for a man to do such a thing.

Edited June 28, 2007 by Gummy

[Kor37 9]

The women here are obviously all excited about that other thread about how some fish and animals are starting to reproduce without any male interaction. Once our women figure this one out, we may indeed become obsolete..... :biggrin:

[Gummy 0]

The women here are obviously all excited about that other thread about how some fish and animals are starting to reproduce without any male interaction. Once our women figure this one out, we may indeed become obsolete..... :biggrin:

Nah, we'll still be needed to take out the garbage. :P