(AP) — A Montana man intends to plead guilty to threatening to kill Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester under the terms of a deal filed Monday by federal prosecutors. Anthony James Cross of Billings faces up to 10 years in prison at sentencing if the plea agreement is accepted by the court. Cross, 30, has been jailed since late April, when he was arrested on a state charge for allegedly threatening a neighbor with a pellet gun. The plea deal comes after another Montana man, Kevin Patrick Smith of Kalispell, was sentenced in August to 2 1/2 years in prison for threatening to kill Tester in voicemails left at his office in Kalispell. A third Montana man accused of making threats against a high-ranking Washington official pleaded not guilty in October and is awaiting trial.

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Persons: Democratic U.S . Sen, Jon Tester, Anthony James Cross, Cross, Joe Biden, “, ”, Gillian Gosch, Robert Kelleher Jr, Kevin Patrick Smith of Kalispell, voicemails, Richard Lee Rogers, Billings, Kevin McCarthy, Rogers Organizations: Democratic U.S ., Cross, White, Washington, Republican, Monday Locations: Mont, Montana, Billings, Kalispell