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Articles with the Tag: Crime

Man charged with four counts of drug possession

A Polson man has four separate drug cases pending in Lake County. Matthew George Manyhides, 33, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on July 7 to four separate felony counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs. He also entered a plea of not guilty to misdemeanor charges of driving w...

Woman receives 10-year sentence for highway wreck

Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher sentenced a Charlo woman at District Court in Polson on July 8 to the Montana State Women’s Prison, in Billings, for 10 years with three years suspended for causing a fiery crash that seriously injured a man and scorched the pavement on U.S. Highway 93 at mil...

Man awaits trial date for drug possession

A Lake County man is facing felony drug charges after law enforcement allegedly found dealer amounts of methamphetamine and heroin in his vehicle. Keith Charles Baylor, 34, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on July 8 to two counts of criminal possession with intent to distribute. Ac...

Man pleads not guilty to DUI

A Flathead Valley man is accused of an eighth driving while under the influence charge. Earl Dean Eystad, 55, appeared at District Court in Polson on June 24. Eystad was wearing an orange Flathead County jumpsuit when he entered a plea of not guilty to fourth or subsequent felony DUI in Polson, as he was ...

Crumley given 30-year sentence, new charges dropped Crumley given 30-year sentence, new charges dropped

A Lake County man was sentenced at District Court in Polson on June 24 to the Montana State Prison for 30 years for violating terms of his probation from a 2001 aggravated assault conviction for two counts. David Matthew Crumley, 39, will not be eligible for parole until he has served the entire 30 years. ...

Schmidt pleads guilty to two felonies

A Ronan man admitted to his role in the assault of his former girlfriend this past February. Bojai Dominick Grant-Schmidt, 20, pleaded guilty at District Court in Polson June 17, to strangulation of a partner or family member and criminal endangerment, both felonies. The pleas were entered as part of an agre...

Trial date set for aggravated assault

Two inmates in the Lake County Detention Center are accused of a brutal attack of another inmate.  Nicholi Thomas Assiniboine, 31, and Larrs Jalen Omingo, 20, both of St. Ignatius, each entered pleas of not guilty at District Court in Polson on June 16 to aggravated assault. Assiniboine is facing one...

Man pleads not guilty to arson

A Polson man is accused of intentionally setting his ex-girlfriend’s camper on fire. Samual Aaron Mahkuk, 31, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on June 17 to felony arson. The camper’s value was estimated at $7,000. According to court records, on May 29, Polson police an...

Man sentenced for stalking charges Man sentenced for stalking charges

A St. Ignatius man was committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for a total five years for violating probation. Judge James Manley imposed the sentence at District Court in Polson on June 9 in the case of James Joseph McGuire, 38.  McGuire was on probation for assault with a weapon and viol...

Man receives suspended sentence for car theft

A Polson man was committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for three years with all of that time suspended on two counts of felony theft. The sentence was handed down at District Court in Polson on June 2 by Judge James Manley.  Matthew Logan Semsak, 33, had pleaded guilty to the theft charg...


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