A Dayton man was re-sentenced in District Court in Polson on March 26 to the Montana Department of Corrections for five years. It comes with a recommendation that he be placed in a secure setting at the Montana State Prison for violating terms of probation.

Orli Christensen Bitsinni, 26, was on probation stemming from a criminal endangerment conviction from 2018. It’s the second time he has violated terms of probation.

He was initially charged with sexual intercourse without consent for having sex with a 13-year-old girl at a house party in Pablo on June 10, 2018. The girl ended up committing suicide, rendering the case more difficult to prosecute. The rape charge was reduced to criminal endangerment.

Sentencing for Bitsinni was deferred for a period of three years and he served five days in jail. He later violated conditions of probation on that conviction in 2018.

He was committed in District Court at Polson Sept. 23, 2020, to the Montana Department of Corrections for 10 years, with five years suspended.

In a separate matter, Bitsinni entered a plea of not guilty in District Court in Polson Dec. 4, 2025, to felony criminal mischief.

According to court records, on Oct. 26, 2025, a deputy with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report that a vehicle in the Dayton area had entered a gated area of a private ranch. Damage was done to the entry gate.

Bitsinni was allegedly found slumped over in a vehicle with damage to the front, consistent with having rammed a gate. Damage to the gate was estimated at $7,500.

Judge John A. Mercer set that case for trial on Aug. 10.

In a third matter, Bitsinni is accused of choking his girlfriend on Feb. 9 in Polson. He’s facing one count of strangulation of a partner or family member and remains in custody at the Lake County Jail.