From the Coruts - State District Court: Woman resentenced in drug case for violating conditions of release

Amanda Nicole Buck was re-sentenced in state District Court in Havre, for violating conditions of her release in a six-year-old drug case.

State District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz sentenced Buck Thursday to five years with the state Department of Corrections, crediting her with three years, two months street time and 79 days served, and recommended she be screened and placed in a treatment facility.

Buck was charged after a local store reported having her in custody for shoplifting. Investigating officers found prescription pills containing morphine and amphetamines for which she did not have a prescription in her possession. She was charged with a misdemeanor count of theft and two felony counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs.

Buck was sentenced in October 2015 to five years suspended on each count, to run at the same time.

In January, the Hill County Attorney’s Office filed a petition to revoke her suspended sentence for multiple violations including failing to register as a violent offender, failure to report, failure to maintain employment and failure to attend chemical dependency evaluations.