Troy Gentry
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Troy Lee Gentry is a popular country music singer who is currently part of the duo Montgomery Gentry. He was born on April 5, 1967 in Lexington, Kentucky.
[edit] Legal Troubles
On August 15, 2006, Gentry appeared in federal court in Duluth, Minnesota to answer charges related to canned hunting. Federal prosecutors allege that Gentry bought a bear named "Cubby" from Lee Marvin Greenly, then shot the tame bear while it was in an enclosed pen, tagged the bear as if it had been killed in the wild, then arranged for the editing of a videotape of the alleged "wild" kill. Gentry and Greenly are said to face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a $20,000 fine if convicted.[1]
On November 27 2006, Gentry pleaded guilty to a charge of falsely registering a captive bear as killed in the wild. Under the plea agreement, the country singer agreed to pay a $15,000 fine, give up hunting, fishing and trapping in Minnesota for 5 years, and forfeit both the bear hide and the bow Gentry used to illegally shoot the caged animal in 2004. A statement has been put up on the official Montgomery Gentry website. Troy Gentry quotes, “I did participate in improperly tagging the animal I shot, without realizing the seriousness of what I was doing. For that, I am truly sorry. I relied on the experts around me for guidance, and I regret that today. Not so much because I was fined and punished, but because it appears that I don’t have respect for the law. This has been a humbling experience for me, and one which I deeply regret.”
