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The following cases were resolved by Havre City Judge Janie Hedstrom in August. —— Kali Jo Henry, born in 1995, was given a deferred imposition of sentence, fined $100 and ordered to pay $29.99 restitution after pleading no contest to theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense. —— Angel Leigh Belcourt, born in 1977, had dismissed by the court a charge of endangering the welfare of a child, first violation. —— Connor David Crawford, born in 1999, had dismissed by the prosecution charges of o...
Russell Lee Doney was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to house arrest and probation on a misdemeanor count of aggravated DUI, amended from a felony charge of criminal child endangerment for driving while intoxicated with a child in the car, Doney was charged with the felony March 18 when officers found him driving with middle school-aged children in the vehicle after he had been smoking marijuana. The charge was amended to the misdemeanor aggravated DUI July 21. State District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz accepted his...
Shawn Keith Rosette was sentenced to five years probation for obtaining and distributing drugs while in jail, to follow five- and three-year sentences in other cases. Rosette was charged Aug. 12 with two counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and two counts of transferring illicit materials, all felonies, after detention center personnel found the drug suboxone concealed in letters sent to him in the jail awaiting action in the other cases. Rosette was charged in...
Brandy E. Winchell was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to a total of five years probation for violating conditions of her release in one drug case and on a new drug charge. Winchell was charged with criminal possession of drugs in January while serving a two-year suspended sentence on possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, which was imposed to run after a four-year suspended sentence imposed on a 2014 charge of distribution of dangerous drugs at the same July...
From U.S. Attorney for District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Big Sandy couple who admitted distributing methamphetamine on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Clayton Gary Bailey, 48, was sentenced to 57 months in prison and five years of supervised release. Bailey’s wife, Brigitte Ann Bailey, 44, was sentenced to 44 months in prison and five years of supervised release. Each pleaded guilty in June to possession with intent to distribute meth. Chief U.S....
Jordan James Normandy had his deferred imposition of sentence revoked in state District Court in Havre and was resentenced to two years of probation after he previously admitted violations of his conditions of release on a sentence for possession of methamphetamine. Normandy was charged Oct 23. 2018, with criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony, when officers found a bindle of meth on him while he was being booked into the Hill County Detention Center March 19, 2017. He pleaded guilty in a plea agreement July 9,...
Elizabeth Helene Schmautz was sentenced in state District Court to two years probation on a charge of possession of methamphetamine. Schmautz was charged June 24, 2019, with the felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs charge and misdemeanor charge of criminal possession of drug paraphernalia. She pleaded guilty in a plea agreement June 1 to the felony charge. State District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz sentenced Schmautz Sept. 14 to two yeas with the state Department of Corrections, all suspended, and ordered her to pay...
The following cases were resolved by Havre City Judge Janie Hedstrom in July. —— Warren Paul Small Jr., born in 1998, was fined $600 for driving under the influence of non-narcotic drugs, first offense, and had dismissed by the prosecution a charge of driving without a valid driver’s license. In a later case, Small was fined $100 for driving without a valid driver’s license; was fined $250 for failing to carry proof of vehicle insurance, first offense; had dismissed by the prosecution charges of failing to give notice...
Margaret Marie Bear was sentenced in state District Court to 10 years in prison after she previously pleaded guilty to striking a pedestrian May 25, 2019, with a Chevrolet Trailblazer she was driving and then fleeing the scene. Bear, born in 1979, was arrested on suspicion of negligent vehicular assault, failure to remain at an injury accident, failure to remain at an accident, failure to carry proof of insurance, driving under the influence and driving with an open alcohol container in the vehicle. Court documents said polic...
The following cases were resolved by Hill County Judge Audrey Barger in June. —— Kolten Trapper-Lee Adams, born in 1997, had dismissed by the prosecution charges of felony aggravated assault and resisting arrest. —— Homer Burton Roberts, born in 1967, had dismissed by the prosecution charges of felony aggravated burglary; felony partner or family member assault causing injury, third offense; felony stalking, second offense; felony strangulation of partner or family member, first offense; violation of a protective order,...
Press release GREAT FALLS —A Box Elder man who admitted possessing a firearm while dealing methamphetamine on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to 11 years and six months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Issac Elias Saenz, 28, pleaded guilty in December to possession with intent to distribute meth and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The prosecution said in court doc...
Arthur Ryan Windyboy Sr. was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to three years probation on a felony criminal drug charge. Windyboy was charged May 20, 2019, after an officer stopping Windyboy due to an outstanding Justice Court warrant found syringes and methamphetamine on him. He was charged Dec. 2 with felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Windyboy pleaded guilty June 29 to the felony charge under a plea agreement. Monday, District Judge Kaydee...
A man who pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sexual or violent offender was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to 10 days served, with the judge saying additional sentencing would be an inefficient use of state resources. James Thomas Block was charged Feb. 10 after Colorado law enforcement contacted Havre law enforcement Jan. 27 to report Block had not updated his registry and was believed to be in Havre. He was arrested Feb. 3. Block is required to register under a 1996 conviction of sexual assault in Colora...
Raymond O’Claray was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to three years probation after he previously pleaded guilty to an assault charge and an assault with a weapon charge was dismissed. O’Claray was charged after a woman said they had gotten into a fight March 18 during which a wine glass O’Claray was holding had the base broken off and he tried to stab her with the broken stem. O’Claray was charged March 24 with felony counts of assault with a weapon and partner or family member assault. July 1, he pleaded no cont...
James Christopher Dahl Jr. was resentenced again for stealing money from a local store. He pleaded guilty in a plea agreement Oct. 10, 2017, to a charge of theft alleging he took money from a safe in a store where he was a night supervisor. In November 2017, state District Judge Dan Boucher imposed a five-year deferred imposition of sentence and ordered him to pay $9,960 plus fees for restitution. In December 2018, Dahl admitted violating conditions of his release and Boucher revoked the deferred imposition and sentenced him...
Veronica M. Moccasin had her deferred imposition of sentence revoked and reimposed and was ordered to participate in chemical dependency treatment for violating conditions of her release in a 2018 sentence. Moccasin was charged in November 2014 with a felony count of theft, unauthorized control of a motor vehicle, and misdemeanor counts of failing to remain at the scene of accident, failure to give notice of an accident and right-of-way violations after she fled from the scene of a two-vehicle crash. In a plea agreement, she...
Joshua Glen Reid had his suspended sentence in a theft case revoked and was sentenced to prison. Sentencing in another case of theft by forgery has been postponed while prosecution and Reid’s defense present arguments about his being designated a persistent felony offender. Reid was charged in 2016 with a felony count of theft by embezzlement by common scheme when he was accused of using a charge card of a business he worked for to make purchases which he then pawned. The total was $3,831.76. He pleaded guilty in May 2017 a...
Kristopher Alan Chapman was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to 20 years in prison on a statutory rape charge and 10 years for violating conditions of his release for hitting a woman with a baseball bat, with additional probation in both cases Chapman pleaded guilty to the rape charges and admitted violating conditions of his release in the assault charge in hearings June 24. Chapman was charged Jan. 23 with multiple counts of sexual intercourse without consent and sexual abuse of children and with a charge of...
Tristan Alexander Ehry was resentenced to eight years after a state District Court judge found he violated conditions of his release in a sentence for shooting a man. Ehry was sentenced in 2018 to eight years, all suspended, after he pleaded guilty in a plea agreement to assault with a weapon. The charge was an amended version. Ehry originally was charged with attempted deliberate homicide. Court documents say Ehry was charged after he shot a man with a .22 caliber rifle May 27, 2017. Officers found from where he had fired...
David Cochran was sentenced to probation on a charge of driving under the influence in a plea agreement that reduced the charge from felony child endangerment to the misdemeanor. Cochran was charged Feb. 25 with the felony after officers conducting a traffic stop determined he was driving drunk with a young child in the car. Monday, in state District Court in Havre, he pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. State District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz sentenced Cochran to six months in jail with all but 10 days suspended and...
A man who had a charge of embezzlement brought back after he failed to pay restitution has been sentenced to probation and again ordered to pay the restitution. Jordan Gardipee was charged March 29, 2019, with theft by embezzlement by common scheme, a felony, after a Havre business reported he had been pocketing money from his till and under ringing customers and taking the difference. A court document said Gardipee had underung 145 items in transactions with 28 customers including friends and relatives between Feb. 26,...
Nina M. Demontiney had a suspended sentence revoked and was resentenced to 30 months in custody after she was found to have violated conditions of her release. Demontiney was under supervision on a five-year sentence imposed for a 2011 charge of criminal possession of drugs with the intent to distribute and criminal possession of drugs, when she was charged in 2016 with a new charge of criminal possession of drugs with the intent to distribute and with possessing property subject to forfeiture, $2,123 in cash and a GMC...
A man scheduled to be sentenced on charges including continuing criminal enterprise related to a series of burglaries and robberies in the area more than a year ago faces new charges after a police chase through Havre. The Havre Police Department dispatch log reports Jaylen Jake Crazyboy of Havre, 18, was arrested on charges of fleeing or eluding a police officer, obstructing a peace officer or otehr public servant, driving under the influence, criminal endangerment, reckless driving, speeding on a local street, speeding on...
Franklin Troy Caplette was sentenced to 30 days probation — with credit for most of a year served — in a plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Caplette was charged with criminal possession of dangerous drugs, methamphetamine, Dec. 11. In a plea agreement, the charges were amended to include a misdemeanor count of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant. Last Monday, Caplette pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor and district Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz sentenced him to 30 days in jail, all sus...
Sheila Eve Walker was given three years probation after she previously pleaded no contest to vandalizing a Havre car wash. Walker was charged Aug. 1, 2019, with felony criminal mischief after security videos recorded her vandalizing the business the night of July 19, 2019. She pleaded no contest, which means the defendant admits they would likely be convicted by the evidence although they do not admit liability, under a plea agreement May 4. In criminal courts, the no contest plea has the same affect as a guilty plea. Last...
