Child molester gets sentenced

A Whitefish man convicted of molesting children was sentenced last week in Flathead County District Court.

District Judge Katherine Curtis sentenced Jonathan Mark Hauge, 38, to the Montana Department of Corrections for 10 years with 10 years suspended, under the conditions he has no contact with anyone under age 18, has no contact with the victims and pays for their counseling.

On Feb. 2, Hauge pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment, a felony, for inappropriately touching three girls, then between the ages of 9 and 13, between August 2006 and August 2007 and for taking inappropriate pictures of one of the victims, according to court documents.