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Former speaker of House pleads not guilty to assault

A Havre landlord and former speaker of the Montana House of Representatives pleaded not guilty Thursday in District court to the accusation that he threatened a tenant with a shotgun while she was trying to move out of a property she was renting from him.  

Bob Bergren, 52, pleaded not guilty to assault with a weapon.

County Attorney Gina Dahl asked District Judge Daniel Boucher to require, as part of his conditions of release, that Bergren participate in the 24/7 Sobriety Program and that he wear a SCRAM — Systems Alcohol and Location Monitoring — bracelet.

The alleged incident ha...

 

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