Plea Agreement

Three young Ravalli County man, Steven Banks, Tyler Landon Johnson, and Cody Knez recently accepted a plea agreement for felony and misdemeanor negligent arson in the Roaring Lion Fire, but that agreement has come under fire by some in the area.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state judge in Helena has rejected a plea agreement that called for a suspended sentence for a man who had been charged with raping his girlfriend's young daughters.

A possible plea agreement is in the works for Kevin Lino, the man accused of beating, torturing and shooting a local transient Gilbert 'Jack' Berry last summer.