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Ex-Griz Pate back in court for alleged probation violation
By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian

Just two months after receiving a deferred sentence for his role in a drug-related robbery near campus, a former University of Montana football player is back in jail on an alleged probation violation.

Jeramy B. Pate, 19, is one of eight defendants - including four former Grizzly football players - arrested in connection with the Nov. 5, 2007, home invasion. Pate was given a six-year deferred sentence in June on the condition that he complete the Intensive Supervision Program, which is used to monitor criminals who might not need to go to prison, but who require more supervision than what is offered by a typical probationary sentence.

The former cornerback was back in Missoula District Court on Tuesday, one week after his arrest.

Chief Deputy County Attorney Kirsten Pabst LaCroix is filing a petition to revoke Pate's sentence in favor of a less lenient punishment. Pate allegedly violated his probation by smoking marijuana, failing to check in with probation officers and attending a concert at the Gorge Amphitheater in central Washington without permission.

He remains at the Missoula County Detention Facility on $25,000 bail.

In April, Pate admitted to a single count of conspiracy to commit robbery, a felony. In exchange for Pate's guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to dismiss additional felony counts of aggravated burglary and accountability for aggravated kidnapping.

According to records, the purpose of the robbery was to steal a large amount of marijuana from one of the residents, who leapt out of a window after he was pistol-whipped and shocked with a stun gun.

Besides abiding by 22 conditions laid out by the Intensive Supervision Program, Pate also must pay restitution to the victim.


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