PORTLAND, Maine — The second of three men facing federal gun charges stemming from a hunting excursion last year pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
By pleading guilty, David Foster, 39, of South Paris admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Foster, who was prohibited from possessing firearms because of prior felony convictions for burglary and theft in 1995, admitted to illegally having a .270 Winchester bolt-action rifle on Nov. 21, 2015, according to the court’s electronic case filing system.
He is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 14 but remains free on $10,000 unsecured bail.
Foster and Andrew Bean, 51, of South Paris originally were indicted in December 2015 by the Oxford County grand jury, according to a previously published report. The Bean brothers and Foster were indicted by a federal grand jury March 23.
The charges stemmed from Andrew Bean and Foster’s encounter with members of the Maine Warden Service, who stopped the men as they attempted to join a hunting party. The wardens went to the area in Paris in response to trespassing complaints, according to a previously published report.
Stephen Bean, 55, of Norway was charged after Andrew Bean told wardens he obtained the gun from his brother, according to court documents.
Andrew Bean pleaded guilty last month to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By pleading guilty, Andrew Bean, who was prohibited from possessing firearms because of prior felony convictions for drunken driving and for operating after revocation in 2002 and 2006, admitted to illegally having a shotgun in November.
He is being held without bail while awaiting sentencing.
Stephen Bean, who also is being held without bail, is scheduled to be tried in June in federal court in Portland.
All three men face up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000.