KALISPELL, Mont., USA (AP) Two Marion men who were originally charged with a hate crime for their role in a confrontation with migrant mushroom pickers from Asia have been sentenced to time served for misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
Twenty-seven-year-old Edward Hubbs pleaded no contest to the charge and was sentenced yesterday (Thursday) to a 10-day suspended jail term. During a separate hearing, 47-year-old Karl Trent pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge and was given a 30-day deferred sentence.
Both men had already served that time after they were arrested for the July confrontation with a group of Laotian, Cambodian and Thai morel mushroom pickers at a campground in Marion.
A third man implicated in the incident 26-year-old Daniel Devine pleaded guilty February 12th to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and was given a suspended 10-day jail term.
The three men originally were charged with malicious intimidation or harassment relating to civil or human rights, a felony. But the charges were later reduced.
Information from: Daily Inter Lake, http://www.dailyinterlake.com (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 02-20-09 0413CST
Twenty-seven-year-old Edward Hubbs pleaded no contest to the charge and was sentenced yesterday (Thursday) to a 10-day suspended jail term. During a separate hearing, 47-year-old Karl Trent pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge and was given a 30-day deferred sentence.
Both men had already served that time after they were arrested for the July confrontation with a group of Laotian, Cambodian and Thai morel mushroom pickers at a campground in Marion.
A third man implicated in the incident 26-year-old Daniel Devine pleaded guilty February 12th to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and was given a suspended 10-day jail term.
The three men originally were charged with malicious intimidation or harassment relating to civil or human rights, a felony. But the charges were later reduced.
Information from: Daily Inter Lake, http://www.dailyinterlake.com (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 02-20-09 0413CST
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