Newspaper: Man given clemency in murder case faces new probe

(AP) — The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that a Montana man who was granted clemency by the governor after he spent three decades behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit is now under investigation on allegations that he asked a female to perform sex acts.

The newspaper says (http://bit.ly/28XoCWe) an investigative report obtained Friday through a public records request says a person told the Billings Police Department in January that Barry Beach picked up the female, whose age is not clear in the report, and drove her to his home, where he asked, "Can I touch you?"

In an earlier conversation, before the Chronicle had received the police report, Beach told the newspaper he had no comment.