Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriffs Office
POLSON — On Saturday, after a six-day trial, a jury unanimously found 30 year-old Melvin Madplume, Jr. of Ronan guilty of deliberate homicide and sexual assault without consent of his cousin Laurence Kenmille, 28, who died at Wild Horse Hot Springs on May 25, 2013. Sentencing is set for March 28. Ma...
LAKE COUNTY — Two residents of Pablo and Ronan face multiple charges for a Lake County crime spree that began with the theft of a stolen Dodge pickup truck from Ronan on Jan. 19, included ramming a car through Westland Seed to steal guns on Jan. 21 and ended with a burglary that same day in Adams Count...
POLSON — Marcus John Azure, 24, was booked into Lake County Jail on Saturday on charges of felony attempted deliberate homicide and felony assault with a deadly weapon. Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin said officers were dispatched to a fight in progress in Ronan with reports of a male with a kni...
LAKE COUNTY — Four individuals arrested by Washington authorities on Friday were suspected of ramming a stolen airport courtesy car through Westland Seed at around 5 a.m. on Jan. 21, stealing guns from the establishment, attempting to steal guns from Ronan Sports and Western earlier that same day, and ...
Authorities responded to a rash of burglaries and attempted burglaries in the early morning hours of Jan. 21. Would-be thieves used a sledgehammer in an attempt to break the door to Ronan Sports and Western at approximately 4:30 a.m. Store management said the shatter-proof glass door w...
POLSON — Heading into the holiday season, people are thinking about turkeys and gift giving, and not so much about scams. But swindlers love the holidays too, according to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin. A scam currently circulating around Lake County involves a flimflammer calli...
POLSON — Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputies recovered missing boater Nathan Bird’s body from Flathead Lake at about 12:45 p.m. on Aug. 29, according to Karen Sargeant, LCSO Public Information Officer. Bird, 36, from Huson, Mont., had bee...
POLSON — Called the “Battle of the Badge,“ a softball tournament held June 23 pitted the Polson Police Department, the Finley Point Fire Department and the Lake County Sheriffs Office against each other for bragging rights. The games were held on a sunny afternoon beginning at 1 p....
POLSON — Clifford Oldhorn is back in Lake County Jail after Sanders County law enforcement found him drinking in Dixon just two days after his release. District Judge C.B. McNeil set Oldhorn free on his own recognizance Feb. 13 pending a new trial in the Harold W. Mitchell Jr. murder case, but Old...
To the citizens of Lake County: Recently, I have been asked if I will uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Montana in regard to the current attempts by the federal government to control our rights as citizens to own firearms. As your sheriff, I would like you, ...
