Billings man charged with threatening to kill former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

BILLINGS - A Billings man accused of threatening to murder U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy was arraignment Tuesday in federal court. Richard Lee Rogers, 44, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with threats to injure and murder a member of the United States Congress and with harassing telephone calls, according to a press release issued by the Montana office of U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich. If convicted of the most serious crime, Rogers faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release....