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Eastlick gets six years

James Howard Eastlick Jr. was sentenced to six years of prison today for charges of bribery, tax evasion and theft from an Indian tribal organization.

Judge Brian Morris at the Missouri River Federal Courthouse gave Eastlick a break from what could have been a 108-month sentence for cooperating with the U.S. government with investigations into corruption at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation.

Eastlick must also pay $484,800 in restitution jointly with co-defendants in the investigation. Personally, he is responsible for $100,000 in restitution. The money will be used to pay back what was stolen from the reservation, largely the north-central Montana water project and the Internal Revenue Service.

Eastlick has 14 days to appeal the decision before he self-reports at a federal prison in Sheridan, Wyoming to be closer to his family in Idaho.

Judge Brian Morris also sentenced his sister and brother-in-law earlier today.

More on the end of the Eastlick v. U.S. case in Thursday’s Havre Daily News.

 

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