William Koberna, 19, pleaded not guilty on Monday to aggravated menacing, a misdemeanor, in a brief hearing by video conference from thePortage County Jail, and a preliminary hearing was set for Friday on the felony charge of inducing panic, according to court records.
Tuesday's ruling said paddlers also had the right to make a 500-foot portage on the private land along the Mud Pond waterway to get around a stretch of rapids.
They said a milelong portage around the private inholding takes less time than paddling across the tract via the interconnected Lilypad and Mud Ponds and Shingle Shanty Brook.