Public Record
Justice of the Peace Randal L. Owens dealt with the following cases from March 30-April 26: The following individuals were found guilty of speeding: James David Beresovoy , 37, fined $85; Michael John Kalagian , 30, fined $20; Grant Pierson Myhre , 40, fined $20; Ronald Colton Phillipson , 22, fined $20; Bram Merrick Odell , 30, fined $95; Timothy H. Bagnell DDS , 56, fined $85; Clinton D. Coffman , 26, fined $20; Devin Asher Day , 16, fined $70; Jose Paz Quintero , 34, fined $105; Peggy Sue Gray , 63, fined $95; Anthony Isaiah Esqueda , 22, fined $135; Robert T. Tibbetts , 30, fined $120; Lisa Felton Helean , 51, fined $85; Nicholas Edmond , 33, fined $70; Kelly A. Hawkin...
A Ronan man was committed to the State Department of Corrections for five years with all that time suspended at District Court in Polson on May 23 following a criminal endangerment conviction. According to court records, on Nov. 12, 2017 a Flathead Tribal Police Officer was on routine patrol when he obser...
A former Lake County social worker, who was charged with raping a Polson woman, has pleaded guilty to the amended charge of criminal endangerment. According to court records on Sept. 26, 2017, Chase Joseph Ripley, 34, in his capacity as Child Protective Services agent for Lake County’s Department of...
A Ronan man, who was convicted by a Lake County jury on March 6, on charges of robbery, assault with a weapon and criminal endangerment, was sentenced by District Judge James Manley on May 16 to the State Department of Corrections (DOC) for a total of 11 years. Any commitment to the DOC beyond five years lik...
A retired special agent with the FBI who now practices law in Polson says his client was abused by law enforcement during her arrest after a high speed pursuit last December. The claim was made in a sentencing memorandum by Attorney Edward G. “Ted” Chester Jr. on behalf of his client, Alta Collet...
Zion Talbert RONAN —Zion Charles Talbert was born April 30, 2018 at St. Luke Community Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Parents are Timothy and Elizabeth Talbert of Pablo. Paternal grandparents are Charles and Kathy Talbert of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Siblings are Olive and Averie of Pablo....
Roishell Elizabeth St. Dennis, 28, of Missoula, was sentenced at District Court in Polson on May 2 to 20 years in the Montana State Women’s Prison with 10 years suspended on an assault with a weapon charge. The charge stems from a pursuit with law enforcement that began in Missoula and ended in Lake...
The following marriages and divorces took place in Lake County during the month of April: Marriages Laurie Ann Joyce and Hugh Peter Terteling Pamala Susan Coutts and Leroy Guy Lamach Cassandra Ann Ingham and Robert Thomas Blood Emily Frances Stahly and Chase Patrick Carman Katherine Louise Thompson a...
A 33-year-old Polson man charged with three counts of impersonating a public servant will have those charges dismissed as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. According to court records, Ryan William Lowden had a habit of donning a Coast Guard vest and pulling various boaters on Flathead Lake over for s...
In October 2017 the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Portland, Oregon vacated a Bigfork man’s conviction for killing three grizzly bears near Ferndale, however, prosecutors in Missoula are now trying again to convict him. Dan Wallen was convicted and sentenced in May 2015 for illegally taking ...
