GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - A Great Falls woman has been charged for her alleged role in a weekend stabbing death that a witness says happened during an attempt to steal drugs.
Brianna Coombs was charged Monday with assault with a weapon by accountability, solicitation to commit distribution of dangerous drugs and tampering with evidence in the death of 18-year-old Megan Meriwether on Friday night.
Coombs did not enter a plea. Her bail was set at $100,000.
Court records say a witness told police that Coombs’ 16-year-old boyfriend confessed to stabbing Meriwether. He appeared in Juvenile Court, where he was detained with bail set at $100,000.
Cascade County Attorney John Parker says one of the defendants admitted there was a plan in place to steal marijuana from Meriwether. A witness told investigators that Meriwether stabbed Coombs in the leg and then Coombs’ boyfriend got involved in the fight and Meriwether was stabbed with her own knife.
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