Huston sentenced to 41 months in prison

It took U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris less than two hours Monday afternoon in federal court in Great Falls to sentence Shad Huston to 3 1/2 years in federal prison.

Huston, who has admitted to being involved in numerous bribery and embezzlement scams involving money intended for the people of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, was sentenced to 41 months for bribery, failure to file currency transaction reports and false claims act conspiracy.

Huston was also ordered to pay a total restitution of $500,000. All restitution will go to the tribe, Morris said, referring to the Chippewa Cree T...