Articles with the Tag: Crime
Judge James A. Manley sentenced the following people on Feb. 14: Robert Michael Bigback , 41, of Ronan was given six months in jail with all time suspended except for eight days for misdemeanor assault and one year in jail with all time suspended for negligent endangerment, also a misdemeanor. Th...
POLSON — A 24-year-old Pablo man has been charged with raping a juvenile. According to a court document, Cory Ryan Drowatzky had oral intercourse with a 15-year-old boy on Jan. 8. Drowatzky was released on his own recognizance on Jan. 10 but ordered to wear a GPS tracking device. He p...

POLSON — A Polson man has been charged with sexual assault of a juvenile. Zachary James Dentler, 23, touched the breasts of a 13-year-old girl and tried to make her put her hands down his pants and rub his chest, a court document states. Dentler admitted to touching the girl’s b...

POLSON — A man complicit in the theft of more than $28,000 in coins and precious metals from a Ronan man in 2015 received a five-year suspended sentence last week. Michael Paul Furbush, 28, was sentenced by Judge Kim Christopher for his part in the theft. He was given credit for 92 days served in th...

POLSON — An Elmo man has been charged with assault with a weapon and tampering with evidence following an incident in which he allegedly engaged in a jealousy fueled altercation with his partner. Calvin McCoy, 41, was charged in relation to an incident that allegedly took place on Jan. 17 and ...

PABLO — An Arlee man was sentenced last week to 20 years in the Montana State Prison for his second stalking conviction. Brandon Bagnell, 48, was sentenced by Judge James A. Manley as a persistent felony offender. Manley had previously sentenced Bagnell to five years with the Department of Cor...

POLSON — A 27-year-old Polson man was convicted at trial Tuesday, Jan. 16 of misdemeanor assault of convicted rapist Vaughn James. Kasey Pier was tried for felony assault with a weapon for allegedly stabbing James outside the Pier 93 downtown Conoco gas station on July 22, 2016. The six-man, s...
POLSON — On Jan. 10, Judge James A. Manley revoked the six-year deferred sentence of Chasen Curley, 18, of Ronan, for criminal endangerment and sentenced him to time in the Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility in Miles City. County Attorney Steve Eschenbacher said the Pine Hills program can ...

POLSON — Two U.S. Postal Service contractors face charges of intent to distribute dangerous drugs after police say they found a suspicious package at the home of Anthony Friscia, 62, and Mary Friscia, 47, in Polson last week. According to a Jan. 12 press release from the Lake County Sheriff&rs...

POLSON — A 39-year-old Pablo woman was given a three-year suspended sentence last week for assault with a weapon after she struck her male partner with an air conditioning unit on May 20, 2017. According to a court document, Dawna Michel shoved the man to the floor and hit him with her fists a...