Hutterite man pleads not guilty in felony shooting case

ABERDEEN (AP) — A Stratford area man has pleaded not guilty to firing a gun at an occupied building at Hutterite colony in northeast South Dakota.

According to media reports, 41-year-old John G. Waldner, requested a jury trial. The charge stems from an incident Feb. 17 at the Hutterville Colony.

Prosecutors say Waldner was in a shed and fired a shot through a wall that divided the building that separated two bickering sides of the colony.

Nobody was hurt during the incident.

Discharge of a firearm at an occupied structure or vehicle is a felony punishable by as much as 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine.

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