Man gets 5 years for leading police on reckless pursuit

A state district judge sentenced a Havre man to five years with The state Department of Corrections for leading officers on a reckless pursuit that reached 100 miles per hour and almost ran someone over.

Gene Allen Swick, born in 1976, was sentenced to 10 years with the DOC with five years suspended for felony criminal endangerment Monday in District Court in Havre. The sentence was part of a plea deal that dismissed misdemeanor counts of obstructing a peace officer, reckless driving, criminal mischief and stop sign violation.

A deputy tried to pull Swick's over March 26 on the suspicio...