Lake County District Court news for Nov. 19, 2014
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Judge James A. Manley dealt with the following cases Wednesday, Nov. 12:
David Wayne Ingraham, 49, Polson, was ordered to equip his vehicle with an interlock device at the discretion of the probationary department. He was also commended by the court for going to treatment before his sentencing. Ingraham was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for five years, all suspended.
Karisa Knievel Dooley, 42, Bigfork, pleaded not guilty to theft, a felony. An omnibus hearing was set for Jan. 7, 2015 and a jury trial for Feb. 17, 2015. A change of plea hearing was also set for Nov. 19.
According to court documents, charges stem from a burglary reported to the Lake County Sheriff’s office on March 21. A Lake County man said a map with coins was missing from his home along with $2,000 cash, coins in a large jar, 20 pieces of silver and a belt buckle. His wife said a jewelry box with about 75 pairs of earrings worth $500 was also missing. The victim said Dooley has a key to the home.
After the wife posted the missing items on Facebook, Dooley’s daughter contacted the victims to say Dooley had given her similar items to pawn in Kalispell. The coins were located at the pawnshop, and it was confirmed that the daughter did pawn them; however, Dooley insisted she purchased the items from a man named Joe, and she did not admit breaking into the home.
The stolen coin map and jewelry box with the victim’s identity cards were located in Dooley’s home. The silver pieces were valued at $2,080; the total value of stolen property was $7,685.
Brandon Jeppesen, 30, Polson, pleaded not guilty to criminal endangerment, a felony. An omnibus hearing is set for Jan. 7, 2015 and a jury trial is set for Feb. 17, 2015.
According to court documents, charges stem from a Sept. 29 incident where a Montana Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop a motorcycle on Highway 93 in Polson. The driver initially began to pull over, then accelerated. The trooper pursued the motorcycle, accelerating to speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. When the motorcycle driver lost control and the bike slid in front of a sheriff’s vehicle, the motorcycle driver attempted to flee on foot, but stopped when he realized he was injured.
Karen J. Wellcome, 42, Kalispell, pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony, and driving under the influence, a misdemeanor. An omnibus hearing is set for Jan. 14, 2015 and a jury trial for March 2, 2015.
According to court documents, charges stem from a Sept. 30 incident where a Polson police officer saw a vehicle going southbound in the northbound lane of Highway 93. The officer pulled Wellcome, the driver, over and noticed she showed signs of intoxication. She agreed to field sobriety exercises and results showed she was impaired. She took a breath test, which showed her blood alcohol concentration was .179. Officers also found in her car an unmarked prescription bottle containing oxycodone and hydrocodone.
Victor Pierre Barnaby, 19, Ronan, in a change of plea admitting committing three offenses of accountability and criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony. The court found Pierre guilty and set sentencing for Dec. 17. Barnaby successfully completed inpatient chemical dependency treatment Oct. 16 in Great Falls.
According to court documents, Barnaby was one of three suspects arrested for a Dec. 8, 2013 retaliation shooting on Joe Dog Drive in Pablo. Although Barnaby apparently did not shoot the weapon, he was the driver of the vehicle. All three suspects admitted using methamphetamine. Barnaby successfully completed inpatient chemical dependency treatment Oct. 16 in Great Falls.
Judge Deborah Kim Christopher dealt with the following cases Thursday, Nov. 13:
Christopher Brown, 39, Polson, was sentenced to DOC for 13 months for placement into an appropriate treatment program, for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, fourth or subsequent offense.
According to court documents, charges stem from a March 9 incident where a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy was dispatched to a report of an intoxicated driver who had driven in someone else’s hay field and caused ruts by spinning in circles. Brown’s breath test showed his BAC was .172. His driving record showed four prior DUI convictions.
Bridger Wayman, 23, Ronan, pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent, a felony, and privacy in communication, first offense, a misdemeanor. An omnibus hearing is set for Jan. 8, 2015 and a jury trial is set for Feb. 23, 2015.
According to court documents, charges stem from an Aug. 30 incident where a woman reported sexual harassment from the husband she was divorcing. She told a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy that he was asleep on the couch when she came home, but she awoke later with him touching her in her bed. She told him to leave and then fell back asleep. She awoke later and he was again in her bed, telling her “I want you now more than ever.” She became frightened by his advances and ordered him to leave the house. She later found that he had texted intimate photos of herself, which he allegedly had taken while she was sleeping.
Kasey Pier, 24, Polson, pleaded not guilty to burglary, a felony. An omnibus hearing was set for Dec. 18, and a jury trial was set to begin Feb. 23, 2015.
According to court documents, charges stem from a June 5 incident where a woman called Polson Police to report that Pier had assaulted a man. The witness said Pier walked into the woman’s house and locked the front door, then approached the victim and punched him in the face. The woman grabbed Pier to try and restrain him, told him to get out of her house, but Pier allegedly pushed her onto a couch and continued to assault the victim until the victim subdued Pier, then Pier left.
Jamie Seely, 51, Hot Springs, pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with a weapon, both felonies, and criminal endangerment, a felony. An omnibus hearing was set for Dec. 18, and a jury trial was set to begin Feb. 23, 2015.
According to court documents, charges stem from an Oct. 19 incident where it was reported that Seely had allegedly nearly run over a woman who was standing in a group of people at Camp Aqua. A video showed a car accelerate toward the crowd, and stop short of hitting them. Someone threw an object at the car, driven by Seely, and the car backed away. As it was leaving, someone threw what appeared to be a pipe at the car. As the deputy was watching the video, a report came that Seely was yelling threats to kill people and discharging a firearm.
The woman who reported that Seely was yelling threats said she was working on her ditches when she heard Seely screaming she was going to kill various people, including the woman’s husband. The woman then heard a gunshot and heard a bullet “whizzing” over her property. She said she was afraid to cook dinner in her kitchen because Seeley could see her through a window.
Court documents note that Seely had contacted Undersheriff Dan Yonkin and said there was going to be “gun play” if she kept having problems with people. Also, the sheriff’s office had taken previous reports from Seely’s neighbors about hearing Seely yelling threats, followed by gunfire directed toward the neighbor’s property.
Abdel Scott Russell, 33, Ronan, pleaded not guilty to criminal child endangerment, a felony, and criminal endangerment, a felony. An omnibus hearing was set for Dec. 18, and a jury trial was set to begin Feb. 23, 2015. The court agreed to prepare a document modifying the current no-contact order to allow Scott to see his daughter at school and under supervised conditions as long as visits are done through an approved agency, and that the school understands he cannot remove his daughter from school grounds.
According to court documents, charges stem from an Oct. 27 incident where a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy had to steer his vehicle onto the shoulder to avoid a head-on collision with Russell’s vehicle, which was traveling south in the northbound lanes of Highway 93, south of Polson. Russell continued driving south before stopping atop Polson hill near Caffery Road.
When the deputy approached the vehicle, he observed a young female child, unrestrained, jumping up and down on the passenger seat. He also saw an open alcoholic beverage can in the cup holder and several other alcoholic beverage cans on the floor for the vehicle.
The deputy detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverage from Russell, and he slurred his words. He admitted drinking four to five cans of Mike’s Hard Lemonade that evening. Russell refused to provide a breath test, but a blood sample was later collected at the hospital and sent to the state crime lab for analysis.
Robert Gene Yost, Jr., 48, Dulzura, California, pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony. An omnibus hearing was set for Dec. 18, and a jury trial was set to begin Feb. 9, 2015.
According to court documents, charges stem from an Oct. 29 incident where Yost was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by a Flathead Tribal Police officer. A pack of cigarettes that Yost said belonged to him contained a small baggie with a substance that appeared to be methamphetamine. The officer also located two glass pipes commonly used to smoke methamphetamine and a box of 86 unused syringes with four missing from the bag. Yost also had $4,224 in his possession.
