10-15-15 man sentenced for shooting incidents in fdl, nfdl

A  Fond du lac man convicted of seven misdemeanor counts in connection with two separate shooting incidents  in the city of Fond du lac and village of North Fond du lac will spend time behind bars.  Fond du lac Judge Gary Sharpe sentenced Mason Paasch to a year and three months in the county jail followed by four years probation.  Paasch was also fined $1500.   Last week a Fond du Lac jury found Paasch guilty of  multiple offenses including discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a building,  and disorderly conduct.  He was found not guilty on three counts including a felony of discharging a firearm from a vehicle. Before  handing down his sentence  Judge Sharpe told Paasch he was an “absolute jerk, terrified a neighborhood and didn’t care.”   I’m also very  concerned about your frightening fascination with guns,”  Sharpe said. Police say Paasch fired a handgun into the air following a fight outside a southeast Fond du Lac residence in October of 2013 and  later firing an assault rifle into the air after being confronted by a neighbor in North Fond du lac. Nobody was injured in either incident.