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Articles with the Tag: Crime

Pursuit ends in arrest of violent offender Pursuit ends in arrest of violent offender

RONAN — A violent offender is behind bars again after a short pursuit that involved multiple county agencies.  According to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell, Glen Parker, 45, of Ronan, was arrested on Haystack Mountain Lane around 9 p.m. April 14 after a brief pursuit.  According to Bell, P...

Supreme court upholds sentence

HELENA – A Lake County man will continue serving a 25-year sentence, with 10 of those years suspended, for felony driving under the influence after the Montana Supreme Court refused to grant an appeal on April 7.  Wayne TwoTeeth, 48, was sentenced to the Montana State Prison on Jan. 9, 2014 for...

Ness set to be paroled, not allowed to return to county, reservation Ness set to be paroled, not allowed to return to county, reservation

A Ronan man who has served nine years of a 20-year sentence may be out on parole by late April, but will not be allowed within Lake County or the Flathead Indian Reservation. Edward Ness was convicted of felony tampering with evidence, a penalty in 2006 that was much more severe than the misdemeanor offen...

Lozeau rejects plea bargain, opts for trial Lozeau rejects plea bargain, opts for trial

RONAN — A Ronan man accused of killing his brother and leading authorities on a manhunt in June 2014 is set to plead his case before a jury later this year, after rejecting a plea deal that would have sent him to prison for 40 years.  Harry Lozeau, 54, had agreed to plead guilty to homicide cha...

Allegations filed in case against wrestler

POLSON – Authorities say Ronan state wrestling champion Cole Snyder was selling prescription drugs to other students and manipulated a 15-year-old girl into sending him nude photos before the teen was arrested in February for felony distribution of dangerous drugs and felony sexual abuse of children.&n...

Man guilty in grizzly killings

MISSOULA – A federal district judge has found a Bigfork man guilty of illegally killing three grizzly bears in May 2014.  On March 30, United States Magistrate Jeremiah Lynch found Dan Calvin Wallen, 54, guilty of three counts of unlawfully taking a threatened species.  “The only ...

Eschenbacher to speak on felonies

News from the Lake County Pachyderm Club POLSON — Anyone interested in learning what is currently happening in the office of the Lake County Attorney is invited to attend the Friday, April 10 meeting of the Lake County Pachyderm Club. Steve Eschenbacher, Lake County Attorney, will be reporting on...

Lozeau hearing delayed

 POLSON – Possible sentencing was delayed last week for a man accused of shooting his brother and leading authorities on a two-day manhunt in the Mission Mountains in June 2014.  Harry Lozeau, 54, was absent from the courtroom on March 25, and Lake County District Judge James Manley said t...

Bigfork kidnapper appeals case — again Bigfork kidnapper appeals case — again

HELENA – A man serving a 50-year sentence for the May 27, 2006 kidnapping of an 18-year old Whitefish woman at a Bigfork festival has again asked the Montana Supreme court to reconsider his case, this time saying that a 2013 ruling by the high court in another matter opens up a way to overturn his conv...

Lozeau mulls possible 40-year sentence Lozeau mulls possible 40-year sentence

 POLSON – A Ronan man accused of killing his brother in June 2014 spent last week mulling a 40-year sentence proposed by Lake County District Judge James Manley on March 18.  Manley said Harry Lozeau, 54, has a chance to reject the sentence and go to trial after he agreed to a plea bargain...


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