From the Courts: Woman sentenced to probation on reduced charge from crash

Birgin Lane Billy was sentenced to one year of probation on a reduced charge stemming from allegations she was driving at speeds up to 80 mph and crashed into a tree.

Billy pleaded guilty in state District Court in Havre May 6 to a misdemeanor charge of negligent endangerment, reduced from a felony charge of criminal endangerment, and a misdemeanor charge of failure to give notice of an accident.

District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz imposed a one-year deferred imposition of sentence on the endangerment charge and fined Billy $200 on the failure to remain at the accident charge.

Misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and failure to remain at the scene of the accident were dismissed.

Billy was charged after she was accused of driving at speeds of up to 80 mph the night of May 8, 2018, on Ninth Street West and crashing into a tree on Boulevard Avenue.