Missoula Man Charged In Pot Butter Case Pleads Guilty

An 18-year-old man has pleaded guilty to criminal distribution of dangerous drugs after being accused of giving pot-laced butter to a Missoula eighth-grader — who then allegedly made cookies with it and passed them out to several friends.

Tyler Andre Pyle entered his plea in District Court on Tuesday. The Missoulian (http://bit.ly/aqT38C ) reports he told Judge Dusty Deschamps he was under the impression the girl was going to give the marijuana to her sick mother.

Prosecutors say a teacher at DeSmet School observed a group of students acting "spaced out" March 8. Court records say the four students told a sheriff's deputy they got the cookies from the eighth-grader, who in turn said she got the butter from Pyle.

Pyle is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 12.

Associated Press