John Russell Howald (Montana Department of Corrections)
June 14, 2023
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June 14, 2023 3 p.m.
Montana man sent to prison for LGBTQ hate crime
A southwestern Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after being convicted of a hate crime and firearms charges for threatening a woman with violent, homophobic slurs and shooting at her house with an assault rifle as part of a self-described "mission" to rid a small town of its LGBTQ community.