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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/hardin_officials_want_to_pay_back_con_man13939/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: HARDIN – Officials in Hardin say they intend to pay more than $1,400 to a California con man for meals and hotel rooms he provided to three city officials as part of his scheme to take over their empty jail. Michael Hilton — a convicted thief and fraudster from the Santa Ana area — picked up the tab for several meals and the officials' $250 hotel rooms on the same weekend he convinced them to sign onto his jail proposal.