Articles with the Tag: Crime
News from the United States Attorney’s Office MISSOULA — James Leslie Vaughan, 48, of Ronan, was sentenced today to two years of probation for illegally disposing of domestic sewage. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy after the defendant’s October 201...
POLSON — A Ronan man accused of a brutal stabbing last December denied the charges in Judge Christopher’s district courtroom Thursday. Marcus John Azure, 25, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of assault with a weapon. According to court documents, on Dec. 22, 2014, a woman r...
ST. IGNATIUS — The St. Ignatius Neighborhood watch meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend.
It had been a whirlwind between when Lake County Sheriff Don Bell and Undersheriff Jim Atkins took office at one minute after midnight on Jan. 1 and when they came to speak to the Pachyderm Club on Jan. 9. During the last nine days, Bell and Atkins have put in more than 110 hours each, going to work...
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 asked the Montana Supreme Court for a fourth time to overturn his conviction. In a petition filed Jan. 5, Chuck Devlin claimed the court misrepresented his acti...
POLSON – A Ronan man may not go to trial for allegedly killing his brother because of a recent motion for a change of plea hearing. Harry Lozeau, 53, is scheduled for a change of plea hearing on Jan. 14. Lozeau led Lake County authorities on a two-day manhunt through the Mission Mountain Tr...
POLSON – Makueeyapee Whitford screamed an obscenity at the family of John Pierre, Jr. as deputies escorted him from Lake County District Court Monday night, minutes after a jury unanimously found him guilty of deliberate homicide. The jury deliberated for approximately six hours before reaching...
UPDATED Dec. 27 POLSON - Polson Police are investigating a stabbing that occurred in the 900th block of Tenth Ave. E Monday night around 9 p.m. Assistant Police Chief Clint Cottle said officers originally responded to the report of a robbery and found a 25-year-old male with multiple stab woun...
POLSON — In a courtroom filled with many of John Pierre Jr.’s relatives and friends, the trial for Makueeyapee Whitford, 32, Browning, who allegedly stabbed Pierre, began on Dec. 15. Pierre was stabbed to death in the early morning hours of March 15, 2013, in the yard at 1605 First Stree...
POLSON – Makueeyapee Whitford screamed an obscenity at the family of John Pierre, Jr. as deputies escorted him from Lake County District Court the evening of Dec. 22, minutes after a jury unanimously found him guilty of deliberate homicide. The jury deliberated for approximately six hours before rea...
