Guilty

The defense also disputed the restitution amount, saying the reimbursement losses were just over $14,000.

He also faced charges of perjury and tampering with evidence in connection with a 2017 drug purchase.

Christensen said the women “knew full well” they’d be involved in prostitution and he declined to step into the role “of collection agency for sex workers.”

The Greens’ home was raided in January, and a search turned up the opioid carfentanil, hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and thousands of pills of the anxiety medicine Xanax.

Pardini pleaded guilty in January to possession with intent to distribute the drug. A drug conspiracy charge was dismissed under a plea deal with prosecutors.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A man who cursed at jurors and called them “stupid” after they found him guilty of raping a teenager in Montana has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Billings Gazette reports 36-year-old Marcial Mejia was sentenced Tuesday for sexual intercourse without consent...

Police say Haverty robbed Knight of his remaining $6 and began decapitating him in a transient camp.

A plea deal reached with prosecutors requires White to pay the full amount in restitution to the Fort Peck Tribes in northeast Montana.

Prosecutors say that aside from the assault weapon he carried during the robberies, Gathercole showed a pattern of threatening violence during the robberies.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former municipal court clerk in Billings has acknowledged stealing thousands of dollars from the city. The Billings Gazette reports 55-year-old Carolyn Meyer Bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft by embezzlement and is scheduled to be sentenced in July...