Articles with the Tag: Courts
POLSON — A Polson man is accused of shooting and killing the mother of his child on the evening of May 10 in the Hell Roaring Canyon area of the Mission Mountains above State Highway 35, east of Polson. Tyler Uhrich, 20, was formally charged with deliberate homicide for allegedly shooting Rozlyn Blu...
POLSON — Sentencing is tentatively set for June 23 for a Ronan man accused of inappropriate communications with a minor. Dwayne Oliver Turner, 36, entered a “no contest” plea at District Court in Polson May 4 to an amended charge of felony criminal endangerment. Turner was initially charged...
POLSON — A Polson man was committed at District Court in Polson on April 27 to 10 years with the Montana Department of Corrections with five years suspended on one count of assault on a peace or judicial officer. Kai Earl Skov, 50, was sentenced in accordance with a plea agreement reached March 9 that ...
POLSON — A Polson man admitted to the illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun. David Micheal Fox, 67, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on April 28 to felony possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The plea was entered as part of a plea agreement that will dismiss at sentencing, one cou...
News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA — Governor Greg Gianforte released the names last Friday of an advisory council that will assist in reviewing qualified candidates to fill the district court judge vacancy in the 20th Judicial District (Lake and Sanders counties). Judge Jim Manley annou...
POLSON — For eight years now, District Court Judge Jim Manley has entered the courtrooms in Lake and Sanders County wearing the same black robe his predecessor, C.B. McNeil, wore for 29 years before him. The robe represents both tradition and responsibility. “I never wanted this job,&rdq...
POLSON — A Polson woman was sentenced at District Court in Polson on March 24 to the Montana State Women’s Prison for 30 years with 20 years suspended for running over and killing another woman on Halloween. Sharon Lynn Whitworth, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide while under ...
POLSON — A Polson man has admitted to assaulting a police officer. Kai Earl Skov, 50, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on March 9 to felony assault on a peace or judicial officer. According to charging documents, on Jan. 4, Lake County emergency dispatcher’s requested Polso...
News by Valley Journal Staff LAKE COUNTY — More than two dozen prisoners have filed lawsuits against various officials in the City of Polson and Lake County and the entities themselves in the past six months in regard to conditions at the Lake County Jail. A judge in federal court in Miss...
POLSON — An Elmo man has been found guilty of rape by way of a plea agreement. Tristan Tesh Palouse George, 22, entered a “no contest” plea at District Court in Polson Feb. 24 to sexual intercourse without consent. In a “no contest” plea, a defendant concedes the case based on t...
