BB gun vandal to be sentenced Thursday in District Court

James W. White, born in 1995, has admitted to vandalizing business properties to the tune of more than $10,000 in Havre and Rudyard with a BB gun. He is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday at 1 p.m. in state District Court.

Charging documents say the incidents, in which a collection of windows in the two towns were shot out, happened between October 2014 and January 2015.

Court documents suggest White was in collusion with a juvenile, who had hidden BBs and a CO2 cartridge in his vehicle when deputies found the evidence. Two BB guns were later brought to the Hill County Sheriff’s office by the juvenile and the juvenile’s mother. Files say the juvenile admitted to a series of vandalisms that happened "on or about the night" of Oct. 31.

White’s defender, Stephen R. Brown, said, during White’s change of plea hearing Feb. 23, that White was only admitting “as to a business victim in Rudyard and business victims in Havre.”

The initial charging document listed the following vandalized business and residential properties in Rudyard and Havre and the estimated cost:

• Big Equipment Company, Havre: three tractor windows destroyed: $628.37

• Havre Ford, Havre: one Ford Expedition window destroyed: $477.45

Torgersons, Havre: one Patriot sprayer window destroyed: $1,732.49

• Columbia Grain Elevator, Rudyard: track loaded window destroyed: $590.64

Evelyn Wake, Rudyard: one residence window damaged: $125

• Trevor Wolery, Rudyard: one residence window damaged, one residence siding panel damaged and damage to a Pioneer camper:

• Craig Anderson, Rudyard: one residence shop window damaged: $200

Frank Nerat, Rudyard: one pickup window damaged: $100

• Shannon Jackson, Rudyard: residence window damaged: $150

• Mark Wicks, Rudyard: windows to Ford and GMC pickup trucks destroyed: $2,287

• North Star Dodge, Havre: windows to a Dodge truck and a Challenger destroyed: $600

• Landon Nester, Havre: Ford truck window destroyed: $200

• Raymond Miller, Havre: Ford truck window destroyed: $299.95

• Tyler Lamb, Havre: Chevy Impala window destroyed: $558.60

• Moodie Implement, Havre: windshields to a tractor and a combine destroyed: $1,769

The state estimated the damages at $10,093.50.