Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff's Office
ARLEE — Spending the day learning to run, hide, or fight isn’t usually what happens in Arlee schools, but Lake County Sheriff Deputies Levi Read and School Resource Officer Clay Shoemaker and Detective Rick Lenz were on hand to train educators on procedures to deal with an armed intruder on Jan. ...
It had been a whirlwind between when Lake County Sheriff Don Bell and Undersheriff Jim Atkins took office at one minute after midnight on Jan. 1 and when they came to speak to the Pachyderm Club on Jan. 9. During the last nine days, Bell and Atkins have put in more than 110 hours each, going to work...
PABLO — Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a 911 call at 8:12 a.m. Friday. The call reported a man with a shotgun outside Salish Kootenai College housing on Hewankorn Loop. Dispatchers used emergency tones so deputies responding were the only ones who could talk; everyone else just li...
News from Lake County Sheriff’s Department RONAN – A Ronan woman is in jail this weekend, after leading authorities on a high-speed chase Friday afternoon that ended in the Ronan Middle School parking lot. According to a press release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, Delicia...
CHARLO — Authorities are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at approximately 7:50 p.m. at Connie’s Countryside Cafe on Monday night. According to owner Connie Stevens, a woman entered the cafe’s back door just before closing time on Monday night, pressed a gun to on...
State and county officials are investigating a suspected arson fire that occurred on Pache Lane on Tuesday, Oct. 28. According to Ronan Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mark Clary a report of a fully-engulfed home came in before 9 p.m. When firefighters arrived on scene, the blaze seemed to be contai...
POLSON — Lake County Detention Center, the county’s jail, is so full that people who need to serve jail time have to call in daily to see if there’s room. According to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin, the jail was built by Lake County and is overseen by the county commissioners. &...
RONAN — The Ronan City Council began the interview process for police chief last week, as citizens complained about increased crime in the area amid a shortage of officers. “Saturday, my trucks got broken into,” Ronan resident Jeremy Bluemel told council members Aug. 18. “We live r...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office On Wednesday, Aug. 6, agents of the Mission Mountain Drug Task Force served search warrants on two residences and a storage unit. The buildings, located east of Polson, were believed to be involved in illegal drug activity. Agents seized evidence of a...
News from Lake County Sheriff's Office and CSKT Police RONAN — Lake County Sheriff's Office and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Police are searching for a 55-year-old Ronan woman who was last seen at her home around midnight on Sunday evening. Linda Santos Altamarino was reporte...
