From the Courts: District Court - Woman kicked from Amtrak gets probation on drug sentence

A woman who was found to possess drugs while she was in the Hill County Detention Center following being kicked off Amtrak will spend a year-and-a-half under state supervision.

District Judge Jon Oldenberg of Lewistown, sitting in for the 12th Judicial District in Hill County while a replacement for retired Judge Dan Boucher is selected, sentenced Angelica Cartagena to 18 months, all suspended, for a felony count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, all suspended.

Detention center staff members found methamphetamine on Cartagena’s possession April 27 while she was detained in the center.

Cartagena originally pleaded guilty in a plea agreement May 19, then backed out of the agreement during the plea hearing. She then pleaded guilty Oct. 29, with Oldenburg accepting her plea in that hearing.

He imposed the sentence in a hearing Dec. 4.