Text messages quoted in the affidavit indicated Cotter had purchased or attempted to purchase cocaine on multiple occasions in 2022.

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Former Lake Co. judge-elect pleads not guilty to cocaine charges

Text messages allegedly obtained by state prosecutors indicated Cotter had purchased or attempted to purchase cocaine on multiple occasions in 2022.

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MISSOULA — A Lake County attorney who last year won election to serve as a district court judge has pleaded "not guilty" to a trio of drug charges filed by state prosecutors.

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Former judge-elect pleads not guilty to drug charges

A Lake County attorney who had been elected in November to serve as a judge in the 20th Judicial District covering Lake and Sanders counties pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to three felony drug charges. An investigation by the Montana Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation found that Kenneth Britton “Britt” Cotter, 48, had tried to purchase cocaine on multiple occasions between March 2022 and May 2023. Cotter has been charged…

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Kenneth ‘Britt’ Cotter resigned last month after learning he was the subject of a criminal investigation into alleged cocaine use.

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Former Lake Co. judge-elect pleads not guilty to cocaine charges

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