Havreite takes over State Crime Lab

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox has appointed Havre native Scott Larson to become the next director of the Montana State Crime Lab.

Larson, who graduated Havre High School in 1993 before earning a Bachelor of Science in 1999 and a Master of Science in pharmacology/pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Montana in 2005, will take over as director Aug. 12. He will be replacing Phil Kinsey, Ph.D., who was appointed as Lab director in 2013.

Larson has been the toxicology supervisor at the Crime Lab for the last four years. Previously, he was the deputy chief toxicologist in Washington, D....