Articles with the Tag: Crime
A Ronan man is accused of carrying out an unprovoked attack against another man at a gas station in Ronan last July. Dustin James Guardipee, 38, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on April 28 to felony aggravated assault. According to court records, on July 18, 2020, Ronan p...
A Pablo woman is facing three trials in November that stem from three separate criminal matters. Shanice Annalyn Miles, 20, entered pleas of not guilty at District Court in Polson on April 15 to felony charges of theft, criminal endangerment and burglary. According to court records, she was caught in poss...
A Charlo woman admitted to being under the influence of alcohol when she caused a fiery car wreck that seriously injured other people and scorched the pavement of U.S. Highway 93 near Eagle Pass Trail this past August. Stacy Leann Markus, 52, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on April 2...
An Arlee man is accused of driving drunk and causing a vehicle wreck. Jacob Riley Santos, 31, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on April 22 to felony criminal endangerment. According to court records, on March 20, just before noon, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper P. Cade Thompson res...
A Polson man was given a 20-year prison term on Thursday, April 15, for raping a minor with all that time suspended. A plea agreement was reached Jan. 7 at District Court in Polson in front of Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher. Harlan Jay Gipe, 69, took the plea as part of an agreement that dism...
A Charlo man could be facing the rest of his life in prison after threatening the mother of his child and her fiancé with a gun. Stoney Randal Corcoran, 50, has been charged as a persistent felony offender. He entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson, on April 8, to two counts of as...
A St. Ignatius man is accused in a series of car thefts and high-speed pursuits. Shonko Christy-Lacounte, 23, pleaded not guilty at District Court in Polson on March 31 to three counts of felony theft and one count each of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and criminal mischief. Christy-Lacounte w...
A Marion woman is accused of stealing a car in Kalispell before being involved a fatal car wreck with it later in Pablo. Lease Sierra Moore, 18, entered a plea of not guilty in District Court at Polson on April 1, to felony charges of negligent homicide and theft. According to court records, on Sept. 3...
A Ronan man was sentenced at District Court in Polson on March 31 as a persistent felony offender and given five years in the Montana State Prison on one count of strangling a partner or family member. Andrew Orlando Bigleggins, 32, was found guilty of the felony by a Lake County jury on March 2. He was acqu...
Jonathan James Linerud, 30, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on March 25 to two felony counts of assault with a weapon. The Polson man is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend. According to court records, on Nov. 17, 2020, Polson police responded to a report tha...
