Stabbing suspect admits guilt in earlier case

Justice L. Brown, the youth who is charged with stabbing three college students in their Havre apartment building, has admitted an unrelated charge in Youth District Court, the equivalent of pleading guilty in an adult court.

Juveniles don't plead guilty, but Brown admitted to sexual intercourse without consent.

His attorney, Kaydee Snipes Ruiz, and his mother, Jonann Roastingstick, stood beside him during the hearing before Judge Daniel Boucher.

Boucher accepted the admission after Brown assured him he was not under the influence of drugs at the time.

Ruiz said she and prosecutor Kevin Buerkl...