Man pleads guilty to harassing bear hunters

KETCHIKAN, Alaska — A Petersburg man who kept a hunter from shooting a black bear has pleaded guilty to harassment. Alaska State Troopers say 48-year-old Scott Newman changed his plea last month to a case stemming from late last spring. According to a summons issued in the case, Newman on May 25 was 30 miles south of Ketchikan at Smeaton Bay and scared off two hunters about to kill a black bear. Trooper say Newman told the hunters to leave and that he didn't want them back in the area. Newman was fined $500, ordered to pay restitution of $650 for the cost of the hunt and placed on probation for one year. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/04/16/3427574/man-pleads-guilty-to-harassing.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy