County attorney seeks sanctions against state public defender's office

Following a recent mistrial in the case of a Troy man accused of stealing thousands of dollars from people across the country, Lincoln County Attorney Marcia Boris is seeking sanctions against the Montana Office of the Public Defender and two of its attorneys.

According to court documents filed June 21 in the Lincoln County District Court, Boris submitted a motion for sanctions and payment for nearly $10,000 that it cost the county to hold the trial involving defendant Steven Edward Grable, 56...