From the Courts - State District Court: Man sentenced to reduced charge in incest case

Isaac Scott Wardell was sentenced to time served and probation in state District Court in Havre, Monday, for a felony count of aggravated assault in a case that originally included incest, sexual intercourse without consent and sexual abuse of children charges.

Wardell pleaded guilty to the reduced charge in plea agreement.

District Judge Yvonne Laird sentenced Wardell to 10 years with the state Department of Corrections, all suspended, and credited him with 757 days served. She also ordered him to pay a $2,500 fine and designated him a Tier 1 sex offender.

The plea agreement called for an eig...