List of dismissed felonies in Hill County grows

District Judge Daniel Boucher dismissed three felony cases Thursday morning after the county attorney was unable to move ahead for failing to provide key witnesses or victims.

The cases were dismissed with prejudice, meaning the charges cannot be filed again.

A fourth case that was scheduled as a jury trial went on as planned.

One of the cases dismissed Thursday was a felony assault with a weapon charge against former speaker of the Montana House of Representatives Robert J. Bergren Sr., who was accused of threatening with a shotgun a tenant he was having a dispute with.

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