Courts

Judge James Manley sentenced a Polson man in District Court at Polson on Oct. 28 to the Montana State Prison for 10 years with five years suspended on one count of assault with a weapon and another 10 years with all that time suspended on one count of tampering with witnesses or informant. Alan Lewis Kibler, 35, who was deemed a persistent felony offender, was sentenced in accordance to a plea agreement reached on Sept. 9, that dismissed five other felonies, including two counts of partner or family member assault, two counts of tampering with witnesses and informants, and kidnapping. According to court records, on May 26, a social worker with Child Protective Services reported to the...

A North Dakota man is accused of stealing the bank deposit bag from the manager’s office at Polson Bay Golf Course, not once but twice. Robert Todd Gustafson, 56, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Oct. 29 to felony theft. According to court records, on July 14, 2014, survei...