Adolfo Vargas-Lepe, who lived for a time in Roberts in Carbon County southwest of Billings, has been found guilty of three counts of kidnapping and one count of making an interstate threat.

WATCH: Roberts man found guilty of kidnapping, interstate threats

A news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office says that following a three-day trial, a federal jury in Billings on Wednesday found 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.

Lepe pleaded guilty last week to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of pure methamphetamine, 400 or more grams of fentan

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