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Butte felon sentenced to prison in firearms crime By: MTN News and last updated 2021-01-28 17:41:47-05 GREAT FALLS — A Butte man having been convicted of a felony was sentenced Thursday to 38 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a gun, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said. Joseph Alfred Edward Lytell Torres, 30, pleaded guilty on Oct. 1, 2020 to prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Torres was detained. In court documents filed by the prosecution, officers with Butte-Silver Bow Law Enforcement responded on May 12, 2020, to an area behind a Butte residence where a caller informed officers she had seen a male driving a motorcycle with a gun in his hand and heard a “pop, pop.” Officers found a vehicle with a flat tire in the area and two spent 9mm shell casings on the ground. Officers recovered bullet fragments in the wheel and on the ground. Off

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