Lake County District Court news for May 8, 2013
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Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, May 1:
Dallas Trevor Andrews, 23, Great Falls, had his 2009 suspended sentence for burglary, a felony, revoked and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for eight years, none suspended.
According to court documents, Andrews violated his probation by failing to notify his probation officer of his change of residence; possessing weapons; failing to maintain employment; being arrested for theft; using methamphetamine and marijuana; and failing to report to his probation officer as ordered.
Judge Deborah Kim Christopher dealt with the following cases Thursday, May 2:
Jamie Ruth Dickson, 27, Elmo, had her March 28 deferred sentence for theft, a felony, revoked and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for 10 years.
According to court documents, Dickson’s original deferred sentence was revoked on March 28, and she received another deferred sentence. Eight days later, Dickson reported to the probation office to sign her probation rules. She arrived smelling of alcohol, and a breath test showed she had a blood alcohol concentration of .027 percent at around 10 a.m.
Stephanie Bean, 30, Ronan, in a change of plea, admitted to the amended offense of assault, a misdemeanor; obstructing a peace officer, a misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. She was found guilty and on the first count, was sentenced to the Lake County Jail for six months, all suspended but five days, with credit for two days served. On the second count, she was sentenced to the Lake County Jail for six months, all suspended; and for the third count, she was sentenced to 10 days, all suspended. Counts 1, 2 and 3 are to run consecutive to one another.
According to court documents, the charge stems from a December 2012 incident where a Polson Police officer responded to a report of a possible partner/family member assault in progress in a room registered to George Aimsback Jr. at the KwaTaqNuk Resort. From outside the room, the officer heard a thumping on the walls and room door and a female crying and yelling unintelligibly. She also heard what sounded like someone trying to unlock the door. When backup arrived, officers knocked on the door and announced the presence of police officers three times, to no response. After a few minutes, Bean opened the door. She appeared intoxicated and looked as though she had been crying. She told the officers to leave, using profane language, and asked them if they didn’t have better things to do than knock on doors. Bean refused to step into the hallway and said that only her 13-year-old son was in the room and he was sleeping.
An officer grabbed Bean’s shirt near her shoulder and pulled her out of the doorway. Bean began yelling profanely at the officer and would not stop. Officers cleared the room and found Bean’s son sleeping in a bed with his head above the covers, and it was clear there was another individual under the covers next to the boy. Upon direction from an officer, Aimsback came out from under the covers and was placed in handcuffs. As officers were leading Aimsback out of the hallway, Bean continued to yell as she approached the officer who had grabbed her shirt. A deputy restrained Bean, who resisted and rolled around on the floor as he tried to handcuff her. She bit, scratched and pinched the deputy’s arms, causing a bleeding cut to his hand.
Brandon Ferguson, 19, Polson, in a change of plea, admitted to the amended offense of threats and improper influence in political matters, a felony; and two counts of assault with bodily fluid. He was found guilty and sentencing was set for Thursday, June 6, at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, the charges stem from a Jan. 23 incident when Polson Police officers responded to a call of an intoxicated male. Allegedly Ferguson walked toward an officer, yelling, and refused to comply with the officer’s order to get to the ground, instead raising his fists. The officer discharged his taser, and another officer handcuffed Ferguson. Because Ferguson had been tased, the officers called an ambulance. A paramedic arrived with the ambulance and began removing the taser probes from Ferguson’s skin and Ferguson allegedly spit in the paramedic’s face.
Two officers began moving Ferguson to a patrol car, and Ferguson allegedly spit on one of the officers several times and threatened to cut the other’s throat and “watch him bleed out.”
According to court records, at the Lake County Detention Center, three detention officers escorted Ferguson to a solitary cell to remove his handcuffs and dress him in jail clothing. As the officers attempted this, Ferguson made threats to kill all of the officers and threatened to hunt down the officers’ families.
Michael Trombley, 25, Missoula, was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for two years, all suspended, for theft, a felony.
According to court documents, charges stem from a June 2012 incident where a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy, patrolling in Ronan, saw a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle reported stolen from Missoula. The vehicle, driven by Trombley, ran a red light at the intersection of Eisenhower Street and U.S. Highway 93, so the deputy pulled him over.
Trombley said he had permission from his friend to use the vehicle. Trombley also stated that he had been drinking.
When the deputy contacted Trombley’s friend in Missoula, the friend said Trombley asked for her keys to remove something from her trunk. When she saw the car was gone, she called Trombley and he said he would return it immediately. She then fell asleep and awoke at 9 a.m. to find that her car was still missing. She then reported it stolen, stating that she never gave Trombley permission to take her car. According to Kelly Blue Book, her car is valued at $1,500.
