From the Courts, Dec. 6, 2016

Man sentenced for running off road and hitting power pole

A local man received Monday in District Court four years probation for drunkenly driving off the road and into a power pole.

Allan J. Labuda of Havre, born in 1970, was sentenced to four years to the Department of Corrections for criminal endangerment, a felony, all suspended. The sentence was pursuant to a plea deal.

District Court Judge Daniel Boucher said the reasons for the sentence are that it was Labuda’s first felony offense and “he deserves an opportunity to conduct himself appropriately on community supervision, and the Court h...