From the Courts - District Court: Dion sentenced to six years in assault charge

A Havre woman was sentenced to six years with the state Department of Correction after she previously pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon.

Erica Ann Dion was sentenced Monday by state District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz, credited with 89 days served and ordered to pay $1,768.93 in jury costs and $592.29 in witness fees for a trial that Snipes Ruiz declared a mistrial in October when Dion did not appear for the ongoing trial.

Snipes Ruiz waived other fees and surcharges.

A court document said Dion was charged after a woman told police she would not on May 11, 2019, let her into the property t...