Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff's Office

16-year-old dies in single-vehicle crash News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office RONAN — The identity of the person who died in a single vehicle crash on July 26, 2025, in the Hammer Dam area of Canal Road, east of Ronan, is 16-year-old, Keykem Lozeau, of Ronan. The Montana Highway P...

News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell POLSON — On June 25, 2025, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant upon the Polson residence of 71-year-old Kenneth Galewyrick, and arrested him for an outstanding warrant from the State of Wisconsin.   Galewyrick, a former ph...

News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell LAKE COUNTY - During the weekend of March 21 and 22, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office conducted alcohol compliance checks on 51 alcohol retailers throughout the county. These compliance checks are conducted by utilizing persons who are under the age of 21 in ...

News from Lake County Sheriff’s Office  POLSON — The man who was arrested for shooting at a Polson Police Officer on February 14, 49-year-old, Cameron Francis of Gridley, California, has been charged with deliberate homicide. Following the attempted homicide of the officer, Francis&rsqu...

News from Lake County Sheriff, Coroner Don Bell LAKE COUNTY — The identity of the human remains located at Buffalo Bridge on Feb. 4, has been determined by the Montana State Medical Examiner’s Office to be 54-year-old Danette Tenas, of Ronan.  Ms. Tenas was reported missing from the Buf...

News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell LAKE COUNTY — On Oct. 14, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office took a report that 54-year-old Dnette Tenas, of Ronan, had not been heard from by friends or family since Oct. 8. Lake County Sheriff’s Office personnel and Tribal Police officers were abl...

News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell RONAN — On Oct. 30, at 6:30 a.m., the Lake County 911 Center took a report of a missing person. Patricia Clary, 62, of Ronan, was last seen on Oct. 29 at about noon in a store in Ronan.  It is believed she went south on Hwy. 93 after being seen in Ronan....

LAKE COUNTY — A 70-year-old Polson man, James Lawrence, has been arrested and is being held in the Lake County Jail in connection with the death of 67-year-old Ed Loder of Ronan. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office took a report of Loder as a missing person on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 12:30 p.m. Upo...

News from Sheriff Donald R. Bell POLSON — On April 5, 2024, at around 7 p.m., two inmates in the Lake County Jail assaulted a Lake County detention officer and attempted escape after gaining control of the officer’s keys. The escape was prevented by another detention officer who was able to ...

Officials in Lake County have said there are more questions than answers after they informed the state that they were pulling out of a decades-old agreement because it can no longer afford to pay for law enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation.  In November, the Lake County Commission sent a l...