From the Courts: State District Court - Treatment recommended for man sentenced to three years

A state district judge recommended Casey O. Mummey be placed in a treatment program when he sentenced Mummey to three years for violating conditions of his release for failing to register as a violent offender in 2015.

Judge Jon Oldenburg of Lewistown said Mummey has been in the system for 16 years, with all offenses likely drug-related, and while he wanted to put Mummey in a treatment program community-based treatment has not worked previously.

Mummey also had convictions in 2002 on a charge of assault with a weapon in Hill County, in 2006 in Toole County on rioting, in 2013 in Hill County for failing to register as a violent offender.

Dec. 5 in District Court in Hill County, he admitted violating conditions of his release on a three-year suspended sentence on the 2015 offense, including being discharged from a treatment center and testing positive for methamphetamine and THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.

Oldenburg recommended Montana Department of Corrections place Mummey in the Nexus Treatment Program outside of Lewistown. He sentenced Mummey to three years with credit for time served in jail but no credit for street time.