Irvine pleads guilty to assault
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Clint Irvine
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POLSON — A Ronan man who was accused of head butting a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy pleaded guilty at District Court in Polson on March 9 to felony assault on a peace or judicial officer.
Clint Headdress Irvine, 30, was charged with assaulting Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Jernigan on Jan. 23. Deputy Jernigan had responded on that day to a residence in Ronan after a woman called law enforcement requesting the removal of two men from her back porch. Upon arrival, Deputy Jernigan identified one of the men as Irvine. The deputy knew Irvine was wanted on a theft charge stemming from an incident in July 2020. As Deputy Jernigan was attempting to pat Irvine down prior to placing him in his patrol unit, Irvine head butted Deputy Jernigan causing the deputy’s glasses to cut the side of his head.
The plea agreement calls for the theft charge being dismissed at sentencing. Judge James Manley set sentencing for April 27. Irvine was given an own recognizance release with certain conditions including alcohol monitoring.
