Court Reports: District Court - Houle sentenced on theft charges

Dakota Houle was sentenced in state District Court in Havre Monday to probation on two separate charges to which he pleaded guilty.

Judge Dan Boucher sentenced Houle, born in 1996, to five years, all suspended, on charges stemming from allegations he threatened a man with a pistol March 31, 2017, and stole an assault rifle from him. Boucher also imposed a three-year deferred imposition of sentence on a charge Houle led Rocky Boy police on a high-speed chase in a sports utility vehicle he stole in Great Falls before crashing the vehicle.

Houle crashed the vehicle into a pole after leaving...