AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A Maine man who shot and killed a man outside his West Gardiner house in 2017 has been ordered to serve 10 years behind bars.
Derrick Dupont pleaded guilty to manslaughter under an agreement in which a murder charge was dismissed. He was sentenced Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court. WGME-TV reports that the judge sentenced him to 15 years, but suspended five years of the sentence.
James Haskell was shot and killed outside of Dupont’s home on June 17, 2017.
A court filing for the defense suggests Haskell was trespassing and threating the occupants of the home before he was shot three times. He was dead when police arrived.
