一 | BILLINGS, Mont. -- A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making repeated threatening and racist phone calls to a Billings church for two years after he went there seeking help and received a gift card from a Black employee, prosecutors said.Joshua Leon Hiestand, 41, was sentenced Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Montana. Hiestand pleaded guilty in June to making harassing telephone calls. A stalking charge was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.“When Hiestand, a white man, went to a Billings church looking for help, an elderly African American woman who worked there responded with kindness and assistance," U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said in a statement. "In return and for nearly two years, Hiestand launched a barrage of harassing, hateful and racist calls and voicemails at her and the church. His racist conduct isn't just abhorrent, it is illegal.”Prosecutors alleged Hiestand went to the Presbyterian church in November 2020 seeking help. Five days later, the church received a voicemail in which someone, using a racially derogatory term, said he would give more money to the church if the church did not employ an African American. After three similar calls, the woman called Billings police.A detective called the number used to leave the messages and spoke to Hiestand, who admitted making the calls and apologized for his behavior, prosecutors said. He was told to have no further contact with the church. Three days later, he left a voicemail with the church in which he apologized, court records said.However, over the next 19 months Hiestand called and left a series of voicemails at the church that were at times threatening and racially hostile, prosecutors said. Investigators determined that after January 2021, Hiestand was placing the calls from outside the state of Montana.Hiestand was arrested in November 2022 in Indiana and has remained in custody since then.Hiestand’s public defender Gillian Gosch asked for a sentence of time served, arguing her client's actions were affected by his mental health issues, which have resulted in psychiatric hospitalizations and which appear to be worsened by his use of illegal substances.The Bureau of Prisons will decide whether Hiestand will receive credit for the 11 months he has already been in custody, officials said.Hiestand remained in custody in the Yellowstone County jail on Monday.。
二 | Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller Dhurandhar is close to wrapping up its first week in theatres, and the film is still going strong. The Ranveer Singh-led action drama, which arrived last Friday, has steadily grown at the box office and has already surpassed the lifetime earnings of Aamir Khan’s Sitaare Zameen Par. On Thursday, producers Jio Studios shared that Dhurandhar has collected Rs 188.60 crore net in India. The film opened at Rs 28.60 crore and jumped over the weekend with Rs 33.10 crore and Rs 44.80 crore. The strong run continued into the weekdays too, bringing in Rs 24.60 crore, Rs 28.60 crore and Rs 29.30 crore from Monday to Wednesday. As per Sacnilk, the movie has also amassed Rs 58 crore overseas in six days, pushing its global total to Rs 274.25 crore. With this, the film has overtaken the lifetime collection of Sitaare Zameen Par and even crossed Ajay Devgn’s Raid 2. With the Rs 300 crore mark now in sight, the next big benchmark ahead is the Rs 364.35 crore worldwide total of War 2, starring Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR. Written, directed and co-produced by Aditya Dhar, Dhurandhar brings together a stellar ensemble - Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Sara Arjun and Rakesh Bedi. Inspired by real covert operations and India–Pakistan geopolitical conflicts, the film follows Ranveer’s character Hamza Ali Mazari, a spy who infiltrates a dangerous crime cartel in Lyari. The movie ends with a tease of what lies ahead, with Dhurandhar 2scheduled to hit screens on March 19, 2026.Also Read: Hrithik Roshan Lauds Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar but Says He Disagrees With The Politics of The Film。
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