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Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff's Deputy

Victim of fatal vehicle crash near Ronan identified

News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell RONAN — On March 6, 2023, at around 7 a.m., Lake County 911 took the report of a single vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 93, north of Ronan, near the intersection of Spring Creek Rd. Responding officers identified that the crash had taken place the previous n...

Irvine committed for criminal mischief

POLSON — A Ronan man was committed at District Court in Polson on Oct. 12 to the Montana Department of Corrections for a period of four years, with all that time suspended, on one count of assault on a peace officer. That man, Clint Headdress Irvine, 30, was also committed to the DOC for six years with...

Johnson arrested for child sex abuse Johnson arrested for child sex abuse

POLSON — According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, on Oct. 5 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Lake County 911 took a report of a suspicious male in a work truck attempting to lure a girl under the age of 16 to his home in the Polson area. Deputies responded and in the ensuing investigation de...

Suspect charged with arson for Boulder 2700 fire Suspect charged with arson for Boulder 2700 fire

POLSON — After months of investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and in conjunction with the CSKT Division of Fire investigators, a Ronan man has been arrested for starting the Boulder 2700 fire last July.   Craig Allen McCrea, 36, is being charged by the Lake County Attorney&rs...

Heavy Runner pleads guilty to endangerment

POLSON — A Pablo man accused in a hit and run crash-pursuit while intoxicated, with five prior convictions for DUI, has admitted to the allegations. Curtis James Heavy Runner, 40, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on April 28 to felony criminal endangerment and felony DUI, sixth life...

Ondaro pleads guilty to felony assault Ondaro pleads guilty to felony assault

POLSON — A Bigfork man admitted to threatening people with a gun at a construction site in Ferndale last August. Jared Anthony Ondaro, 50, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on April 28 to felony assault with a weapon. He was initially charged with three counts of assault with a weapo...

Fox pleads guilty to possession of sawed-off shotgun

POLSON — A Polson man admitted to the illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun. David Micheal Fox, 67, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on April 28 to felony possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The plea was entered as part of a plea agreement that will dismiss at sentencing, one cou...

Whitworth sentenced for vehicular homicide Whitworth sentenced for  vehicular homicide

POLSON — A Polson woman was sentenced at District Court in Polson on March 24 to the Montana State Women’s Prison for 30 years with 20 years suspended for running over and killing another woman on Halloween. Sharon Lynn Whitworth, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide while under ...

Sheriff’s office investigates possible homicide-suicide

  News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office BIG ARM — On Jan. 19 around 4 a.m., Lake County 911 received a report of a possible homicide-suicide at a residence in the Big Arm area.  79-year-old Florence Brown was shot and killed, and her son, 48-year-old Kirk Brown, had been...

Eystad convicted of eighth DUI

POLSON — A Flathead Valley man was committed at District Court in Polson Jan. 6 to the Montana Department of Corrections for five years after being convicted of what records show is his eighth DUI conviction. Earl Dean Eystad, 55, was fined $5,000 and given credit for having already served 223 days ...


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