Articles with the Tag: Crime
District Judge James Manley ordered a Bigfork man to pay restitution of $1,038,035 and sentenced him to the maximum penalty of 10 years in the Montana State Prison for felony theft. The sentence was handed down at District Court in Polson on Feb. 3. The charge stems from a storage unit theft in the ...
A Lake County man is facing five separate criminal cases dating back to 2001. David Matthew Crumley, Jr., 39, appeared at District Court in Polson on Feb. 4 for arraignment hearings on three of the cases. He entered not guilty pleas to all the charges listed in the three cases. Crumley is charged wi...
A Sanders County jury found a Polson woman guilty of deliberate homicide after a full day of deliberations. The trial of Danielle Jeanette Wood, 56, of Polson, began in Thompson Falls Jan. 19. Closing arguments were heard the morning of Jan. 28. The jury began their deliberations that afternoon and ...
A Ronan man has put himself at the mercy of the court after entering an open plea of guilty to felony criminal endangerment. Alex Patrick Finley, 36, entered the guilty plea at District Court in Polson on Jan. 27. Without the benefit of a plea agreement, Finley is subject to the maximum penalty of 10 year...
A Ronan woman entered into a plea agreement that results in her conviction. Lindsay Elizabeth Castrillo, 36, was convicted of negligent homicide, which is a felony. Castrillo was initially charged with vehicular homicide while under the influence. She entered a no-contest plea to the negligent homic...
A Polson man admitted to driving his white Jeep while intoxicated this past August and causing an accident. Dillon S. Bindschadler, 29, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on Jan. 20 to felony criminal endangerment and misdemeanor driving while under the influence. On Aug. 3, eme...
Joshua Franklin McGreevey, 32, of Pablo, pleaded not guilty at District Court in Polson on Jan. 7 to two counts of assault with a weapon and one count of tampering with physical evidence, all felonies. The unprovoked shooting of two people occurred in Pablo in early December. At about 8 p.m. on Dec. 4, Mc...
A Bigfork man is facing a maximum 10 years in prison for his participation in a storage unit theft involving over $1,000,000 in rare coins and other items. Robert Earl Staudenmayer, 34, entered into a plea agreement at District Court in Polson on Dec. 16 that will dismiss, at sentencing, one count of mone...
A Missoula woman is accused of trafficking heroin in the Mission Valley. Jeri Francis Matt, 22, entered a plea of not guilty in District Court at Polson on Dec. 17 to felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute. According to court records, on June 16, 2019, a Ronan police offic...
A Missoula man admitted to his role in stealing money from the safe of a Ronan tavern where he worked. Adrian Paul Dodson, 24, pleaded guilty at District Court in Polson on Dec. 17 to misdemeanor charges of theft and criminal trespass. He was initially facing felony charges of theft and burglary, but the cha...
