Montana man found guilty of kidnapping, interstate threats

BILLINGA — A man who lived for a time in Roberts has been found guilty of three counts of kidnapping and one count of making an interstate threat.

The same man had entered a plea of guilty the previous week to trafficking large amounts of illegal narcotics, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said in a press release.

Following a three-day trial, a federal jury in Billings on Wednesday found Adolfo Vargas-Lepe guilty of two counts of kidnapping two minors, one count of kidnapping an adult, and making an interstate threat.

He was acquitted of a separate count of kidnapping an adult and possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking.

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Lepe pleaded guilty last week to one count o