Lake County District Court news for Mar. 28, 2012
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Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, March 21:
Sean Calahan, 34, Polson, had his 2009 deferred sentence for sexual assault, a felony, revoked and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for 20 years, 10 suspended. Calahan is also to complete Phase I of the sex offender treatment program.
According to court documents, Calahan violated his probation in January by possessing a compound bow, 12-gauge shotgun, a can of bear spray, two live .22-caliber rounds, one live 20-gauge shotgun round and a 7.5-inch Buck knife, and by lying to his probation officer about having the weapons. Calahan also consumed alcohol, associated with a felon, had intimate relationships with multiple women who abuse alcohol, and violated his sexual treatment rules by engaging in sexual relationships with multiple women during the same time frame, leading to him being discharged as noncompliant from his outpatient sex offender treatment program.
Buffy Antonietti, 44, Polson, received a five-year deferred sentence for issuing a bad check, common scheme, a felony.
According to court documents, charges stem from approximately 20 incidents between December 2009 and February 2011 when Antonietti allegedly wrote checks on closed accounts at Eagle Bank and Community Bank to various merchants in Lake County. Antonietti entered into a restitution payment agreement in April 2010 but failed to pay restitution as agreed.
Lyle William Brooks, 49, Polson, pleaded not guilty to threats and improper influence in official and political matters, a felony. An omnibus hearing was set for Wednesday, May 23, and a jury trial set to begin Monday, July 30. Both begin at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, charges stem from a Feb. 13 incident where Tribal Officer T.J. Haynes and two Lake County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a possible DUI crash on Red Horn Road. Haynes arrived first and began conducting field sobriety tests on Brooks, who was identified as the driver of the vehicle. Brooks became combative and it took all three officers to handcuff him. On the way to the tribal jail, Brooks allegedly told Haynes that Haynes “had better go home and tell his kids he loved them because he would be dead tomorrow.” Haynes asked if that was a threat, and Brooks said, “You will see,” and repeated the threat.
Shanley Marchelle Thompson, 20, Bigfork, pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony. An omnibus hearing was set for Wednesday, May 23, and a jury trial set to begin Monday, July 30. Both begin at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, charges stem from a Feb. 3 incident where a Montana Highway Patrol Trooper made a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 93. Thompson, the passenger in the vehicle, appeared to attempt to conceal something beneath her seat as the vehicle pulled over. She was extremely nervous; her hands were shaking and her breathing rapid and shallow.
The driver was taken into custody and told the officer that Thompson was an intravenous heroin user and that she had just recently used heroin, purchased heroin, and had heroin in her purse and in the vehicle. The officer found a silber spoon with heroin residue on it, a razor blade, a used syringe, a small baggie with heroin residue in it, a pink plastic container containing another baggie of heroin, several pieces of tin foil and cotton and a lighter. On Feb. 9, Thompson stated in an interview that everything in the purse was hers and that she had a heroin addiction.
Louis Camel, 34, Ronan, pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, fourth or subsequent offense, a felony. An omnibus hearing was set for Wednesday, May 23, and a jury trial set to begin Monday, July 30. Both begin at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, charges stem from a Feb. 25 incident where a Sheriff's Deputy responded to a single vehicle crash on Mollman Pass Trail around 12:22 a.m. Camel, the driver, had been traveling eastbound and drifted off the right side of the road and into the ditch, where his vehicle was stuck.
Camel's breath smelled strongly of alchol, and he was slurring his speech and lost his balance as he exited the vehicle. He became agitated and refused to perform any of the field sobriety tests or provide a breath sample. After a search warrant for Camel's blood was obtained, a sample was collected at the hospital and sent to the State Crime Lab. Camel's driving record showed he had at least three prior DUI convictions. Judge Deborah Kim Christopher dealt with the following cases Thursday, March 22:
Jacob Orrin Koenig, 24, Ronan, pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony. Koenig remains at liberty, and a trial date has not been set.
According to court documents, charges stem from a March 12 incident where a Montana Highway Patrol Trooper made a traffic stop of Koenig's vehicle. The officer smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle and asked Koenig to step outside. The officer told Koenig he could smell marijuana, and Koenig nodded affirmatively.
Koenig said he did not have a medical marijuana card. Koenig gave the trooper a baggie containing approximately 1 gram of marijuana, a marijuana pipe and a small glass jar containing 4 to 5 grams of hashish. A sample of the hashish was sent to the State Crime Lab for testing.
Andrew Bigleggins, 23, Polson, pleaded not guilty to criminal endangerment, a felony. Bigleggins remains at liberty. An omnibus hearing was set for Thursday, April 26, and a jury trial set to begin Monday, June 11. Both begin at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, charges stem from a Feb. 14 incident where two people made separate reports to Lake County dispatch of an intoxicated man driving a red Ford truck with a young girl in the vehicle.
The second caller reported that the man had struck another vehicle in a parking lot. When a Polson Police Officer arrived on scene, Bigleggins was walking with a small child in an alley and started to walk away. Bigleggins became belligerent and combative and was taken into custody. A Tribal Officer arrived and took over the investigation, and determined that the child with Bigleggins was 3 years old. At the tribal jail, Bigleggins was very emotional and refused sobriety tests. He agreed to give a breath sample, which registered a blood alcohol concentration of .189 percent.
Bradley Noble, 48, Ronan, had his 2002 suspended sentence for his seventh DUI, a felony, as a persistent felony offender, revoked and was sentenced to Montana State Prison for 15 years, five suspended. He will receive credit for time served and will not be eligible for parole until he completes the WATCH or pre-release program.
According to court documents, Noble violated his probation and parole by consuming alcohol and driving a vehicle without an ignition interlock system.
