BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A central Montana county commissioner has been acquitted of making a false statement to a law enforcement officer who was investigating a reported confrontation between a citizen and another commissioner.
The Billings Gazette reports Musselshell County Commissioner Thomas Berry was acquitted of the misdemeanor charge last Thursday during a bench trial before Big Horn County Justice of the Peace Leroy Not Afraid.
Berry acknowledged his report that a citizen pushed Commissioner Robert Gofena in February did not match up with surveillance video, but he said it was what he believed happened.
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Gofena’s trial on the same charge is set for next month.
Investigators said the courthouse camera video shows Gofena pushing a citizen who tried to follow the commissioners into their chambers.
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Information from: The Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com
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