From the courts: District Court

A local man received six months in the county jail for stealing several items from a local ranch.

Brett Matkovich, born in 1982, was sentenced last week in state District Court in Havre to six months in the county jail for the misdemeanor offense of criminal mischief, and five years, all suspended, to the Department of Corrections, for felony theft. Matkovich’s sentence is part of a plea agreement.

Matkovich also has a 2014 conviction in Cascade County for criminal endangerment.

Hill County Sheriff’s deputies responded July 12, 2017, after a Box Elder rancher reported a burglary.

The rancher t...