Havre man faces sentencing in 'debugging' case

The owner of a defunct Havre business faces sentencing in Bozeman next month for defrauding an elderly disabled woman out of thousands of dollars.

Travis Amariah Griffith, 26, pleaded no contest to deceptive practices by common scheme, a felony. Prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge of elder abuse in exchange for the no-contest plea. Griffith, who owned Griffith Technology Co. of Havre, will be sentenced March 24.

Griffith has been the subject of multiple complaints about a series of auctions he hosted on Ebay, and Havre police are investigating those complaints, Assistant Police Chief Mike...