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Man sentenced on lesser offenses for barging in with gun

A Havre man was sentenced March 5 in District Court in Havre to a six-month suspended sentence for kicking in the door, entering a residence with a gun and scaring those inside.

John A. Morsette, born in 1985, received six months in jail, all suspended, credit for five days served for the misdemeanor offenses of criminal trespass and assault.

Morsette was first charged with felony charges aggravated burglary and assault with a weapon. A jury found him innocent of those charges Jan. 12 but guilty of the lesser including offenses of criminal trespass and assault.

District Court Judge Daniel Bouc...

 

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