From the courts: District Court

Woman sentenced for involvement in drug package shipping

A Havre woman received five years probation Monday in state District Court for her involvement in the shipping of a package from California that contained a half pound of methamphetamine and over 300 prescription pills.

Elizabeth E. Barnes, born in 1983, received five years with the Department of Corrections, all suspended, for two felony counts of the offense conspiracy to distribute dangerous drugs and one felony count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs. The sentence was part of a plea deal that dismissed a felony count of crimi...