News you can use
By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press
BILLINGS — An Oregon climate change activist, who was convicted of illegally shutting down a crude oil pipeline near Big Sandy as part of a multi-state protest, avoided jail time and was ordered to pay $3,775 in restitution by a Montana judge on Tuesday.
State District Judge Daniel Boucher noted that defendant Leonard Higgins had no prior serious convictions as he handed down a three-year deferred sentence, said court clerk Rick Cook.
Higgins entered a fenced site near Big Sandy in October 2016 and closed a valve on pipeline operated by Spectra Energy,...
Reader Comments(0)