FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 31, 2008
STANETTE PATRICIA CROWE FOUND GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that on January 31, 2008, in Great Falls, after a 2-day federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, STANETTE PATRICIA CROWE, a 21-year-old resident of Brocketon, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Sentencing is set for May 12, 2008. She is currently detained.
CROWE faces possible penalties of 6 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Hosley prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Fort Peck Tribes Criminal Investigation Division, the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office and the Brockton Police Department.
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