FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 18, 2007
BRANNON T. STEPHANY FOUND GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that on October 17, 2007, in Butte, after a 11/2 -day federal district court trial before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, BRANNON T. STEPHANY, a 26-year-old resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota (formerly of Bozeman), was found guilty of willfully injuring government property. A sentencing date will be set at a later time. STEPHANY is currently released on special conditions.
STEPHANY faces possible penalties of 1 year in prison, a $1,000 fine and 1 year supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Racicot prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Forest Service.
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