Teen pleads guilty to rape charges

GREAT FALLS  — A Great Falls teen who jumped over a balcony at the Cascade County Courthouse last month just before he was to plead guilty to raping an 11-year-old girl has now entered that plea.

Kaleb Kuebler, 16, pleaded guilty in District Court on Wednesday to sexual intercourse without consent under a plea agreement that recommends a 60-year prison sentence, with 30 years suspended.

District Judge Greg Pinski is not bound by the agreement when he sentences Kuebler on Dec. 11.

Several other charges, including aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault, are to be dismissed.