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Former executives of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition sentenced for stealing grant funds MTN News and last updated 2021-07-02 16:47:33-04 GREAT FALLS — Two former officials with the Montana Native Women’s Coalition were sentenced to probationary terms and ordered to pay restitution after both admitted stealing federal grant funds for unapproved spending, including travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said in a news release on Thursday. Sheryl Lynn...

Former MT Native Women’s Coalition executives sentenced for stealing grant funds MTN News and last updated 2021-07-02 18:31:52-04 GREAT FALLS — Two former officials with the Montana Native Women’s Coalition were sentenced to probationary terms and ordered to pay restitution after both admitted stealing federal grant funds for unapproved spending, including travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said in a news release on Thursday. Sheryl Lynn Lawrence of...

Great Falls businessman sentenced for employment tax fraud MTN NEWS and last updated 2021-06-25 22:19:20-04 GREAT FALLS — Thomas O’Connell was sentenced in federal court in Great Falls on Thursday for employment tax fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said in a news release. O’Connell owned and operated three plumbing businesses: Quality Plumbing and Heating, Orbit Plumbing and Heating, and Orbit PHC. From at least 2005 through 2016, O’Connell caused trust fund taxes t...

MT woman sentenced on charges of meth trafficking and having a gun MTN NEWS and last updated 2021-02-01 16:46:01-05 GREAT FALLS — A woman who admitted trafficking methamphetamine after law enforcement found five pounds of the drug and a gun in her vehicle, was sentenced in federal court in Great Falls on January 28. Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said in a news release that Opal Inez Cox, 40, pleaded guilty on Oct. 6, 2020, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth and to...

Great Falls woman sentenced on charges of meth trafficking and having a gun MTN NEWS and last updated 2021-02-01 17:05:33-05 GREAT FALLS — Opal Inez Cox, who admitted trafficking methamphetamine after law enforcement found five pounds of the drug and a gun in her vehicle, was sentenced in federal court in Great Falls on January 28. Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said in a news release that Cox, 40 years old, pleaded guilty on October 6, 2020, to conspiracy to possess with intent to dis...

Ex-board member of Montana Native Women’s Coalition admits to theft of grant funds Tribune Staff, Great Falls Tribune © GETTY IMAGES Gavel, crime news, courts, justice BILLINGS – A former board member of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition admitted on Jan. 21 to stealing grant funds for unapproved travel to Las Vegas, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorneys Office. Barbara Mary Daychief, 43, of Browning, pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds. Daychief w...

BILLINGS – A former board member of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition admitted on Jan. 21 to stealing grant funds for unapproved travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said Friday. Ex- board member Barbara Mary Daychief, 43, of Browning, pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds. Daychief faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan presided. Judge Cavan continued Daychief...

Former board member of Montana Native Women’s Coalition admits stealing grant money MTN NEWS and last updated 2021-01-22 16:36:23-05 GREAT FALLS — Barbara Mary Daychief of Browning, a former board member of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition, admitted in federal court in Billings on Thursday that she stole grant money for unapproved travel to Las Vegas, Nevada. Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said in a news release on Friday that Daychief, 43 years old, pleaded guilty to thef...

California man sentenced to prison for trafficking meth to Montana Tribune Staff, Great Falls Tribune © GETTY IMAGES Gavel, crime news, courts, justice MISSOULA — A California man who admitted mailing methamphetamine and other drugs to Montana for distribution and wiring drug proceeds back to California was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and five years of supervised release, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorneys Office. Oscar Noe Celio Luna, 32, of B...