A U.S. Army soldier was recently cleared of one charge, but convicted of a second charge, stemming from a hunting accident in which he shot a woman as she was riding in a truck on West Main Street Extended late last year.

Clement Gray, 21, was found not guilty at a trial on April 23 in Pasquotank County District Court of negligent hunting. Gray was found guilty of violating hunting laws as a result of the incident when he shot and injured Melinda Hurdle on Dec. 22.

District Judge Amber Davis presided at the trial, after which Gray had to pay $246 in court costs. Defense attorney Michael Sanders of Elizabeth City, who represented Gray, declined comment when reached late last week. Gray, who lists an address in Clarksville, Tenn., couldn’t be reached on his cell phone late last…