Former Flathead man sentenced for sex with girls

Flathead County District Judge Ted Lympus sentenced a 28-year-old former Flathead County man to 10 years in prison on Thursday for having sexual contact with two underage girls.

Daniel Baier was arrested in Billings by the U.S. Marshal’s Montana Violent Offender Task Force in December after he was charged with two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.

One of the charges was dismissed as part of a plea agreement reached with the Flathead County Attorney’s Office.

Baier pleaded guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent May 26 during a hearing in which he admitted to having sexual contact with the girls.

One of the victims told a Flathead County Sheriff’s Office detective she had sexual intercourse with Baier in May 2010 when she was 15 years old.

The second victim, who was 13 at the time, said Baier provided her with alcohol and had sex with her after she became drunk in November 2006.

A third woman claimed Baier had sexual contact with her when she was 14, but those allegations were not included in the plea agreement accepted by Baier.

The allegations were first reported to law enforcement on Oct. 5, 2010. The case had been scheduled to go to trial on June 13.