Havre man pleads guilty in rape case

Havre man pleads guilty

in rape case

After making some contradictory statements at a hearing, a Havre resident pleaded guilty today to charges of sexual intercourse without consent and failure to register as a violent offender.

Mark Justin Denny, 28, pleaded guilty to the charges in District Judge John Warner's courtroom. Warner denied a request to lower bail to $5,000, keeping it at $50,000 pending sentencing on Feb. 3.

The charge of failure to register has a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The rape charge is punishable by up to life imprisonment and a $50,000 fine....