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U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Fort Belknap man who admitted stabbing a woman multiple times during an argument on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced Nov. 6 to three years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich. The defendant, Leon Boyd Messerly, 64, pleaded guilty in July to assault with a dangerous weapon. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. In court documents, the government alleged that on J...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A federal judge Nov. 6 sentenced a Havre woman to 19 months and 24 days in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for lunging at the controls of a small commercial airplane as the plane was landing, causing it to accelerate and turn on the runway, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Tracy Lynn Eagleman, aka Tracy Badmoccasin, 36, pleaded guilty in August to interfering with an aircraft in flight. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. M...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A man accused of armed trafficking of methamphetamine and other substances on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation after he attempted to flee law enforcement during a traffic stop admitted to charges Sept. 30, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, David Victor Fast Horse, 36, residence unknown, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Fast Horse fac...
Havre Weekly Chronicle Staff Hill County Sheriff’s Office said in a release OCt. 2 that Kolten T. Demontiney of Billings, homeless, 21 was arrested on multiple charges Tuesday, Oct. 1, night after a high-speed pursuit. Demontiney was charged with criminal endangerment, motor vehicle theft, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, resisting arrest, fleeing or eluding a peace officer, reckless driving, speeding, other traffic crime, stop sign violation, operating a motor vehicle without valid registration, d...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A man admitted Monday to assaulting a woman by cutting her face with a knife during an argument on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said Tuesday. The defendant, Colten Tyrone Small, also known as Colton Swan, 24, pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Small faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release on each charge. Chief U.S...
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Washington man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl pills in the Havre area and to illegally possessing a gun was sentenced Sept. 3 to six years and six months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Travis Lee Brown of Yakima, Washington, 42, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and to prohibited person in pos...
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Havre woman who was a passenger on a small commercial airplane admitted on Thursday to interfering with the flight by lunging at the controls as the plane was landing, causing it to accelerate and turn on the runway, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Tracy Lynn Eagleman, aka Tracy Badmoccasin, 36, pleaded guilty to interfering with an aircraft in flight. Eagleman faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of sup...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A Fort Belknap man accused of stabbing a woman multiple times during an argument admitted to an assault charge Monday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Leon Boyd Messerly, 63, pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. Messerly faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A man convicted by a federal jury of sexually abusing two children at a residence on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. After a two-day trial, a jury Feb. 7 found Shawn Saddler, Sr., 57, guilty of aggravated sexual abuse and two counts of abusive sexual contact. Chief U.S. District...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A man who admitted making threats to blow up the Dodson school was sentenced May 29 to one year and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. Jacob Edwin Wilson, 40, a transient, pleaded guilty in January to false information and hoaxes as charged in an indictment. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court also ordered $7,000...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A woman accused of beating another woman during an attempted kidnapping from Great Falls to the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation admitted to an assault charge Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Taneal Raschae Sutherland, 30, pleaded guilty to assault with the intent to commit a felony, a kidnapping. Sutherland faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A man who admitted to assaulting a woman at his residence on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in 2021 was sentenced Monday to three years and two months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Gabriel Evan Jordan, 26, pleaded guilty in January to a superseding information charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Chief U.S. District Judge...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A Havre man who admitted selling methamphetamine was sentenced Thursday, May 30, to five years and four months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Stephen Eric Engelhardt Jr., 41, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to distribution of meth. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The government alleged that in March 2023, members of th...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A woman accused of beating another woman during an attempted kidnapping from Great Falls to the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation admitted to an assault charge Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Taneal Raschae Sutherland, 30, pleaded guilty to assault with the intent to commit a felony, a kidnapping. Sutherland faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A Hays man who admitted to beating and seriously injuring a woman on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced Tuesday to six years and eight months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Avery Jordon Boe, 39, pleaded guilty in January to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The...
GREAT FALLS - A man accused of firing a pistol at two women in a housing area on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation admitted to an assault charge Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Gilbert Raymond Martinez of Fort Belknap and North Dakota, 32, pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. Martinez faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted to threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., in voicemail messages was sentenced May 1 to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. The defendant, Anthony James Cross, 30, pleaded guilty in January to threats to injure and murder a United States Senator. U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided. The court accepted a...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Hays man convicted by a federal jury of sexually abusing a minor girl on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced on May 1 to three years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Following a three-day trial, the jury Oct. 5, 2023 found Daniel Jacob Werk, 38, guilty of sexual abuse of a minor, as charged in an indictment. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. In court d...
GREAT FALLS - Jonathan Ray Gonsalez, 40, was sentenced Wednesday to six years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for sexually abusing a teenage girl he lured through social media to his isolated home on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Gonsalez, 40, pleaded guilty in January to sexual abuse. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. In court documents, the government alleged that Jan. 3,...
HELENA — A Hill County man pleaded guilty Monday in Hill County District Court to one count of incest and one count of sexual abuse of children, Attorney General Austin Knudsen said Wednesday. William Ramirez, 41, admitted to law enforcement in December 2021 that he was sending sexually explicit messages and photos of himself to a 15-year-old girl who lived out-of-state. During the investigation, officers also discovered that Ramirez was inappropriately touching the girl around 2018 and 2019 before she eventually moved out o...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — Marvin James Cole, 28, who admitted to an assault charge stemming from a vehicle crash on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in which his truck hit another vehicle, seriously injuring the other driver, was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, pleaded guilty in October 2023 to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. M...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Minnesota man convicted by a federal jury for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in Havre and Billings in 2021 was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. After a 2 ½ day trial in September 2023, a jury found Rembrandt Carlos Kemp of Fridley, Minnesota, 33, guilty of conspiracy to distribute or possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession with...
Press Release GREAT FALLS — A man and a woman who admitted to intimidation charges after they attempted to steal from a store on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation were sentenced today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Dustin Alan Robbins, 38, and Nicole Lynn Hicks, 37, both transients, pleaded guilty to intimidation in August 2023. Robbins was sentenced to one year in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. Hicks was sentenced to time served of 262 days, to be followed by two years of supervised releas...
GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder man admitted Tuesday to sexually abusing a teenage girl he had contacted through social media and convinced to come to his home on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Jonathan Ray Gonsalez, 39, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse. Gonsalez faces a maximum of life in prison, a $250,000 fine and not less than five years to life of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sen...
GREAT FALLS — A man accused of making threats to blow up the Dodson school admitted Monday to a hoax crime, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. Jacob Edwin Wilson, a transient, pleaded guilty to false information and hoaxes as charged in an indictment. Wilson faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory f...
