Articles with the Tag: Crime
POLSON — A Ronan man denied charges that he had swindled nearly $180,000 from two men while acting as a livestock broker in 2013. On Thursday, Andrew Jackson, 29, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of deceptive practices in Judge Deborah Kim Christopher’s Lake County District Court. ...
POLSON — Corey Robert Franklin of Lakeside was charged with felony theft in district court Feb. 13 for his alleged part in the heist of an automated teller machine from Community Bank. Franklin’s record shows he has a previous conviction for burglary and was on probation in Kalispell. ...
One suspect is in custody for an alleged automated teller machine theft from Community Bank in Polson on Jan. 30. Cory Robert Franklin, 32, Lakeside, was arrested and is being held at the Flathead County Detention Center on unrelated charges, including an alleged violation of probation and parole. F...
RONAN – Community members in Ronan put their arms together and swayed as one to the tune of “Lean on Me” as part of a commitment to be more compassionate toward others last week, after hearing a presentation called “Rachel’s Challenge” from a man who lost his sister and fr...
POLSON — Thieves removed the automated teller machine from the front entrance of Community Bank in Polson early Friday morning. The theft was discovered at approximately 6 a.m. when Polson Police officers and Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an intrusion alarm. Security video revealed ...
News from the Internal Revenue Service Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain near the top of the annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for the 2015 filing season, according to the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS has seen a surge of these phon...
POLSON — Arraignment for James Wilson Allen, 39, was delayed for a second time on Jan. 28, and set for Feb. 4. Allen is accused of shooting at an off-duty police officer that had to duck and roll in order to avoid being hit by bullets on Jan. 20. Deputy County Attorney James Lapotka r...
POLSON – A Ronan man pled guilty Wednesday, Jan. 28 to negligent homicide, charges resulting from an Oct. 22, 2014, shooting death of a 3-year-old. Galen Hawk, 26, kept his eyes downcast and answered in one word answers of “yes” to questions posed by his defense attorney about the ...
HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court has granted permission for a Missoula man convicted of stalking a Lake County woman in 2014 to appeal his sentence. The high court granted the out-of-time appeal for Brandon Bagnell, 46, because confusion in the public defender’s office led to a timely ...
MISSOULA – A Bigfork man who lives in the Ferndale area of Lake County has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that resulted from him allegedly shooting and killing a grizzly May 2014. Dan Calvert Wallen, 54, pleaded not guilty Jan. 27 to three counts of unlawful taking of a threatened speci...
