Man gets up to 5 years in prison for Bedford County crossbow death

A Northumberland County man has been sentenced in Bedford County court to spend 15 months to five years behind bars for fatally shooting another man with a crossbow in 2021.

Alec Rhoads, 26, formerly of Mount Carmel, was sentenced last week after pleading no contest to one count of involuntary manslaughter in the case.

In a case that had to be refiled following now-former Bedford County District Attorney Lesley Childers-Potts’ resignation, Rhoads’ plea enabled him to avoid what could have been life in prison.

Rhoads had faced homicide charges for his role in the death of 53-year-old Daren Lingenfelter, of Claysburg, inside a Liberty Township home.

According to police, a woman inside the home said she was standing next to Lingenfelter in a bedroom when an arrow struck him in the throat, causing him to fall onto a bed.