KETCHIKAN \u2014 A commercial fisherman found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a Kansas diver who died while harvesting sea cucumbers was sentenced to three years in prison.<\/p>\n
The Ketchikan Daily News reported a judge on Monday suspended two years of the sentence for 33-year-old Joshua Wodyga (woh-DY\u2019-gah). A jury in January convicted him on the lesser charge but found him not guilty of manslaughter.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors argued that Wodyga\u2019s negligence in maintaining an air compressor and air filter led to the death of 32-year-old Levi Adams, of Leawood, Kansas. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning and drowning while he and Wodyga were diving in October 2013 in waters off Mountain Point.<\/p>\n
Wodyga\u2019s public defender, Mark Osterman, said he plans to appeal the sentence.<\/p>\n
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