Courts

A Polson man entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on Jan. 7 to one count of felony sexual intercourse without consent. Harlan Jay Gipe, 69, entered the plea as part of a plea agreement that will dismiss, at sentencing, one felony count of sexual abuse of a minor and one count of felony sexual assault. Gipe is accused, in charging documents, of assaulting a “Jane Doe” while she was between the ages of 10 and 16. Jane Doe told a forensic interpreter the incident occurred on numerous occasions between 2011 and 2017 at Gipe’s residence outside of Polson. The plea agreement comes with a joint recommendation of 20 years in Montana State Prison with all o...

Joshua Franklin McGreevey, 32, of Pablo, pleaded not guilty at District Court in Polson on Jan. 7 to two counts of assault with a weapon and one count of tampering with physical evidence, all felonies. The unprovoked shooting of two people occurred in Pablo in early December. At about 8 p.m. on Dec. 4, Mc...