BANGOR (AP) — A 23-yearold Dover-Foxcroft man charged with killing his younger brother in a dispute over damage caused by an allterrain vehicle has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Prosecutors say Steven Mayo of Dover-Foxcroft was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years in prison with all but nine years suspended in the shooting death of 20-year-old Ryan Mayo.
He told police in an affidavit that he shot out the tires of his brother’s all-terrain vehicle after the two had fought following an argument over damage the ATV caused to his driveway. He says he fired at his brother only after he came outside and discharged a shotgun.
The Bangor Daily News reports that Steven Mayo was originally charged with murder and pleaded not guilty last August.
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