(Halloween News) Courts continue to unwind Halloween bandit case - KTUU
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One of the four so-called “trick-or-treat bandits,” accused of robbing children in Talkeetna at gunpoint on Halloween, has changed her plea on federal charges. Kendra Butts, 19, originally pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice stemming from the Halloween 2007 robbery. Federal prosecutors say Aaron Tolen and Michael Wilson were arrested the night of the robbery. Then, according to prosecutors, Wilson called Butts from jail and asked her to remove a dozen guns from a truck he was riding in, or else burn the truck itself. Wilson made these requests, prosecutors allege, so that he could avoid potentially being charged in federal court as a felon in possession of firearms. Last week, Butts pleaded guilty to one count of robbery in state court for her role in the crime. More Halloween News