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Felony charge dropped, county attorney's office MIA

Charges against a Havre man with four prior assault convictions who was accused of choking his wife in June were dismissed after no one from the Hill County Attorney's Office showed up in District Court for the jury trial Wednesday, court documents say.

Hill County Attorney Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson said today she did not show up for the hearing because the parties reached a plea deal before the case was dismissed.

There is no plea agreement filed in District Court and court minutes say the case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning the charges cannot be filed again.

Paul Neal, public de...

 

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