Deferred sentence for Plains theft

Dianna Tedrick was sentenced on Tuesday to a six-year suspended sentence with the Montana Department of Corrections, and ordered to pay restitution of $7,436.12. Tedrick was charged with felony theft and admitted to misusing funds while serving as bookkeeper for the Plains Community Ambulance. Court documents alleged that Tedrick made $3,009.12 in payments to Capital One from June 2016 to April 2017, and made unauthorized fuel purchases totaling $4427.06 between May 2014 and April 2017.

Also in court on Tuesday, Theodore Gibson Jr., entered a not guilty plea to possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner in a facility. Gibson was arrested on March 30 after a 911 call and transported to the Sanders County Jail. In the jail, Gibson allegedly had a knife as part of his belt.

A Plains woman changed her plea to guilty. Earnie Tempero is charged with exploitation of an older person. Court documents allege that Tempero was a caregiver for the victim when the Plains Police Department began the investigation in August 2017.