Ghostbear rape trial starts today

A man accused of raping a girl who visited him while he was staying in a homeless shelter in Havre went on trial today, with jury selection starting at 9 a. m.

Judge Dan Boucher set a jury pool of 70 from which to select 12 jurors and two alternates for the trial of Edward Harold Ghostbear.

Boucher warned the attorneys, Hill County Public Defender Dan Minnis and Broadwater County Attorney Karla Mae Bosse, who started prosecuting the case while still a deputy Hill County Attorney, that the case could run into the weekend.

Boucher said in a pretrial hearing Tuesday he set the trial for three day...