Articles with the Tag: Lake County Jail
Law enforcement from multiple Montana agencies were involved in a high-speed pursuit that began Saturday night in Lake County and ended early Sunday morning in Flathead County. The driver was identified as Joseph Brown, 36. In Lake County, emergency dispatchers were notified of a “road rage” i...
Larrs Jalen Omingo, 20, of St. Ignatius, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson, on March 17, to felony strangulation of a partner or family member and theft. According to court records, on March 4, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Police responded to the St. Ignatius area concern...
Bojai Dominick Grant-Schmidt, 19, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on March 11 to sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of strangulation of a partner or family member. The charges carry a combined maximum penalty of 45 years in prison. According to court records, on Feb...
A Ronan man received minor injuries after being “grazed” by a shot fired from a Montana Highway Patrol Trooper during a high-speed pursuit on Tuesday, March 2. Billy Washburn, 41, is facing charges of driving while under the influence and felony criminal endangerment. More charges could be add...
A reduction in bond was denied for a Lake County man facing car theft and drug possession charges. Orlando M. Powell, 47, entered a plea of not guilty to charges at District Court in Polson on Feb. 11. According to court records, on Jan. 22, a Polson woman reported to Lake County emergency dispatch ...
District Judge James Manley ordered a Bigfork man to pay restitution of $1,038,035 and sentenced him to the maximum penalty of 10 years in the Montana State Prison for felony theft. The sentence was handed down at District Court in Polson on Feb. 3. The charge stems from a storage unit theft in the ...
The trial of a Bigfork man, charged with tampering with witnesses and informants, ended after two days with the charges dismissed. The trial for Robert Earl Staudenmayer, 34, began Monday, Nov. 30, and ended on Tuesday, Dec. 1. Staudenmayer was accused of trying to entice his common-law wife to lie ...
A St. Ignatius woman, who is already facing burglary and bail jumping charges, is now accused of altering a check, worth nearly $4,000, and using her sister’s identity to cash it. Shaylynn Jamie Reid, 24, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Dec. 3 to felony forgery. According...
District Judge Jason Marks, of Missoula, sentenced a former Colorado man to the Montana State Prison for 80 years on one count of deliberate homicide for the beating death of Gyme Kelley, 63, of Ronan. William Lowery Hesse II, 54, was sentenced at District Court in Polson on Oct. 22. He was also sen...
It took a Lake County jury a full day of deliberations before finding a former Colorado man guilty of deliberate homicide and tampering with physical evidence. William Lowery Hesse, 54, was accused of beating Gyme Kelley, 63, to death. The incident occurred inside Kelley’s fifth-wheel trailer. Hesse...
