Box Elder man sentenced in fatal crash

Dawson Ray Demontiney of Box Elder will spend more than three years in federal prison for the death a passenger in a car crash. The crash occurred after the car he was driving cut a horse in half during a high-speed chase on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation on Christmas Eve 2010.

U. S. District Judge Sam Haddon sentenced Demontiney, 25, in federal court in Great Falls Monday to 41 months in prison followed by three years of probation, the U. S. Attorney for Montana said in a press release.

Demontiney previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

According to the release, Rocky Boy Po...