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bossed around than in other states, Witters said.

Former Butte man waives extradition in dad's death

• BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- A former Butte man charged with deliberate homicide in his father's 2008 death has waived extradition.
• Adam Hatfield was arrested in Hot Springs, S.D., on Wednesday on a warrant charging him in the death of 49-year-old Mark Hatfield, who was last seen in November 2008.
• Butte-Silver Bow law enforcement officers say Adam Hatfield waived extradition Friday and will be returned to Butte next week.
• Sheriff Ed Lester tells The Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/NjBxmW ) that officers long considered Adam Hatfield a "person of interest" in the case. Adam and his father had been living in a cabin on Matt's mother's property when his father disappeared. Matt Hatfield's sister reported him missing in late December 2008.
• Lester said the charge was filed now that investigators have proof that Matt Hatfield is dead. He would not say what that proof was.

• Prosecutor: man arrested in teens fatal wreck
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities in southeast South Dakota say a man has been arrested on charges related to providing alcohol to the two teenagers who died in a single-car crash earlier this month.
• The prosecutor in Minnehaha County says 42-year-old Tyrone C. Gastineau was arrested Friday. His bond was set at $10,000.
• The South Dakota Highway Patrol says 17-year-old Raphie Phan was driving a car south on 463rd Avenue toward 268th Street Feb. 16 when he lost control on a curve.
• The car entered the median and rolled, throwing Phan and 19-year-old passenger Amanda Rose Doty from the car. Both were killed. The patrol says neither was wearing a seat belt.
• The prosecutor says charges against Gastineau include furnishing alcohol to a person under 18 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

SD lawmakers reject bill to repeal death penalty
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota should keep the death penalty, a deeply

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