BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Two county commissioners from central Montana have denied making a false police report after alleging a resident assaulted one of them.
The Billings Gazette reports Musselshell County Commissioners Robert Goffena and Thomas Berry pleaded not guilty this week to a misdemeanor charge of making a false report. A trial date has not been set.
Berry called 911 on Feb. 5 to report a local man, Troy Evans of Roundup, had pushed Goffena at the county courthouse.
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Prosecutors say video shows Goffena pushing Evans while closing the door on him.
Evans said he had been following the men because he believed their presence together constituted a quorum of the three-member commission and was therefore a public meeting.
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Information from: The Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com
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