Articles with the Tag: District Court
Judge James Manley, of Polson, committed a Polson man to the Montana Department of Corrections for a total of 13 years with 11 years suspended for a series of Lake County thefts and a burglary. Eric Templeton, 33, entered into a plea agreement at District Court in Polson on July 15 that resolved four sepa...
A St. Ignatius woman has been committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for five years with none of that time suspended on charges stemming from a high-speed pursuit with law enforcement. Alexis Lee Johnson, 25, was initially facing misdemeanor counts of theft, fleeing from or eluding a peace off...
A Ronan man is accused of driving while under the influence of alcohol and causing a car wreck that killed his passenger. Kenneth Lozeau Jr. entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Sept. 3 to felony vehicular homicide. According to court records, on May 23, emergency personnel re...
A request for a bond reduction was denied for a Ronan man accused of firing a weapon at partygoers during an alleged underage drinking party. Christopher Steven Brooks, 21, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Sept. 3 to two counts of assault with a weapon and one count of criminal ...
A Charlo man has been committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for a total of 20 years with 15 years suspended for assaulting a bartender and driving under the influence of alcohol with a child in his car. Darrel Isaac Morris Jr., 34, entered a plea of guilty during an earlier court appear...
An Idaho man admitted to driving with a blood-alcohol content more the four times the legal limit. Brian Andrew Fernquist, 48, pleaded guilty in Polson District Court on Aug. 27 to felony criminal endangerment, which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison. According to court records, on April 24, Lake Co...
A Pablo man admitted to his role in a high-speed pursuit with law enforcement in July. Shawn Curtis Shourds, 41, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on Aug. 26 to felony criminal endangerment. Shourds’ plea agreement dismisses, at sentencing, two felony counts of criminal poss...
A Plains man is accused using a rock to assault a man he didn’t know at a motel in Ronan. Todd Harold Schrier, 57, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Aug. 20 to felony assault with a weapon. According to court records, on July 3, law enforcement officers were called to a rep...
A Ronan man who was set to go to trial for an assault with a weapon charge at District Court in Polson on Aug. 17 changed his plea to guilty. Amiel Jon Gardipe Jr., 22, admitted to using a machete to seriously cut the hand of a woman at a residence on Canyon Mill Road. The motive was the theft of $5. A...
An Arlee man facing extradition to Yellowstone County on charges of vehicular homicide is also accused of assaulting his former girlfriend and her daughter in Lake County. Dominick Anthony Buccelli, 27, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Aug. 20 to felony charges of strangulation ...
