Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff's Office
RONAN — The weight of several uncontested primaries drove many people to listen to more than a dozen candidates who turned out for a last minute political forum held by the Round Butte Grange 126 last Friday. Most of the candidates that participated were part of races where no one had filed in...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office LAKE COUNTY — A Polson man was in custody Monday after leading law enforcement on a weekend high-speed chase across two counties that ended with shots being fired. The chase began at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 24 near Pablo, according...
POLSON — Dennis Jay Hobbs, 56 of Polson, was arrested May 19 for allegedly stalking a woman and attempting to hire someone to kill her. He was also charged with distributing an interview recorded between the victim and the defense attorney. Bail was set for $5 million. In district co...
POLSON — Matthew Adam Darnell, 25, Pablo, in a plea agreement was sentenced to DOC for 20 years with 17 suspended for burglary; to DOC for 20 years with 17 suspended for each of two counts of attempt (burglary); and 10 years, all suspended, for theft. All offenses were felonies. All counts are to run c...
News from the Lake County Sheriff's Office LAKE COUNTY — Clay Shoemaker resumed duties as a deputy sheriff and school resource officer for Arlee, St. Ignatius and Charlo schools after he was cleared of all wrongdoing. Sheriff Jay Doyle reinstated Shoemaker’s position last week. Sh...
LAKE COUNTY — Proliferation of technology has created a new medium for law enforcement to track and investigate criminals but also poses a whole new realm of cyber crime that is at times difficult to prosecute, according to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin. Yonkin spoke at the March Partner...
The memorial slideshow for Ronan High School Principal Kevin Kenelty was short and poignant. The ending echo of a solemn Jason Aldean song blended with a chorus of sniffles and smattering of applause as the high school students sat rapt, staring at the coffin on the stage. Then Lake County Sheriff’s...
POLSON — A Lake County Detention officer returned to work on Monday, after he was cleared of being involved with a party where underage drinking occurred. “I’m confident he was not involved,” Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin said. Shortly after midnight on March 11, Polson...
LAKE COUNTY — Polson Police used spike strips to stop a thief that led mutliple law enforcement agencies on a chase Friday, March 14. A security officer spotted a man hooking up to a trailer full of tools at a storage yard near Pablo, Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin said. ...
POLSON — Two men were injured in an alleged attack by Polson resident Desmond Mackay, 35, on March 5. Mackay allegedly assaulted the two men with a hammer at approximately 7:15 p.m. in the alley behind 509 Fourth Street. One of the victims, a 67-year-old man, was unresponsive when Polson Polic...
