Tribal court charges man with homicide in arson fire

HAVRE — A Box Elder man is charged in Chippewa Cree Tribal Court with setting fire to a house in May, killing a man.

The Havre Daily News reported that Mitchell LaMere pleaded not guilty Monday to five charges including deliberate homicide and arson for the May 19 fire that killed 24-year-old Fred Bacon.

Tribal police allege LaMere set the fire intending to harm his ex-girlfriend and two other men, with whom he had argued earlier.

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