CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - A Waynesboro, Pa., man shot by a Pennsylvania State Police trooper while trying to elude police last year recently pleaded guilty to a felony firearms charge and is scheduled to be sentenced next week.
Chris Alan Neil, 38, of 8789 Mormon Church Road, pleaded guilty Feb. 28 to carrying a firearm without a license, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and fleeing or attempting to elude police. Neil was scheduled for sentencing Wednesday, but Judge John Walker granted the postponement to allow time to resolve issues related to a parole violation in an unrelated case, District Attorney John F. Nelson said.
The plea agreement calls for Neil to serve a sentence of 2 1/2 to seven years in state prison. Nelson said the confusion that led to the delay in the sentence was over how much credit Neil will receive for the parole violation since his arrest the day after the shooting.