Havre man pleads guilty to incest with girl, arrested immediately

A Havre man who admitted to incest with a young relative was arrested immediately after his hearing Wednesday afternoon in District Court.

Theodore Slate admitted to having sexual contact with a gradeschool-aged relative and was taken to the Hill County Detention Center, where he is being held without bail.

District Court Judge Greg Pinski from Great Falls, who presided over the change of plea hearing via video, said 70-year-old Slate's offense is too serious and the minimum sentence - 25 years before a chance at parole - too grave to not arrest him.

Slate's public defender, Kaydee Snipes Ruiz...