Driver in border-crossing car chase pleads guilty MTN NEWS and last updated 2021-04-22 00:07:03-04 MISSOULA â Rastesfaye Alpha Neil of Washington, D.C., accused of picking up three people who were suspected of crossing illegally into Montana from Canada and leading law enforcement on a 76-mile high-speed car chase that ended near Whitefish, admitted to an immigration crime on Wednesday. Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said in a news release that Neil, 39 years old, pleaded guilty to transportation of illegal aliens as charged in an indictment. Neil faces a maximum five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy presided. Neil was detained pending further proceedings. Sentencing is scheduled for September 2.