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Man pleads guilty to bear spray assault on troopers in Butte standoff

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BUTTE - A man pleaded guilty Thursday to spraying two Montana State Patrol troopers with bear spray after a car chase that ended in Butte earlier this year.

Colby Zier pleaded guilty to two counts of assault on a peace officer and criminal possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Zier used bear spray on the officers during a brief standoff following a car chase that ended in the 1700 block of Elm Street. One officer fired his gun during the incident, but no one was harmed.

Zier remains in custody on $1 million bond and will be sentenced later.