A plea agreement was reached last month in one of two criminal cases against Madison West.
By BRYCE MARTIN
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A plea agreement was reached last month in one of two criminal cases against Madison West.
Southwest Judicial District Judge William Herauf sentenced West, a native of Bowman, to 366 days with the North Dakota Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation, according to court documents released Feb. 3.
The agreement required West to plead guilty to a Class C felony charge of possession of stolen property, with the other three counts being dismissed. The other counts included felon in possession of a firearm, a Class C felony; prohibited alterations to a firearm, a Class C felony; and simple assault, a Class B misdemeanor.
West, who is also waiting to appear in court for a Class AA felony count of conspiracy to commit murder related to last year’s death of Rhame resident Nicholas Johnson, was already being held at the Multi-County Correctional Facility in Dickinson on a $5 million bond.
Upon release, West will be placed on supervised probation for 24 months, pay an undetermined amount of restitution to the victim and $525 in court costs, according to court documents.
Police reported that West had assaulted two female family members in July 2016 then fled the scene in Bowman.
The family members at the time suggested that West was a danger to herself and others “stemming from her violent drug induced outbursts,” according to a court affidavit.
Those victims also told police that they had found a weapon on West’s bed inside her home, a .22 semi-automatic rifle that had been sawn down to 32 inches and its serial number ground off, the affidavit stated.
The gun was later identified as one that had been stolen during a spree of thefts in Scranton.
