Former hotel manager sentenced to 30 days

A man convicted of stealing thousands of dollars from the Havre hotel that employed him was sentenced this morning to 30 days in jail.

Robert L. Field, 34, former manager of the TownHouse Inns Of Havre, was sentenced in state District Court by Judge John McKeon in connection with Field's conviction on a charge of theft by deception by common scheme. A jury during a two-day trial in March found Field guilty of stealing more than $17,000 from the hotel.

McKeon sentenced Field to a six-year deferred sentence, with all but 30 days suspended. He ordered Field to serve the sentence in the Hill Count...