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Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff’s report: man who saved other from fiery crash honored Sheriff’s report: man who saved other from fiery crash honored

 News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell  LAKE COUNTY — Lake County citizens aided in helping law enforcement with two incidents last week that deserve gratitude.  On Aug. 16, at around 1:10 p.m., a two-vehicle crash occurred at mile marker 41 on U.S. Highway 93.   A Dodge...

Shooting incident leaves one vehicle damaged  

News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell LAKE COUNTY – At about 3 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15, Lake County deputies and Flathead Tribal Police responded to a report of a male shooting at people in the St. Mary’s Lake Road area of St. Ignatius.   Upon arrival, officers conducted an investig...

Former detention officer could get 50 days in jail

A former detention officer with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office has admitted to her role in providing a mobile phone to an inmate in the Lake County jail.  Korren Katelyn Fehrenbach, 25, of Polson, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on Aug. 10 to misdemeanor charges of transf...

Lake County Sheriff’s Office shares two reports: one arrest made, man still missing

News from the Lake County Sheriff Office LAKE COUNTY – Dominick Buccelli, 27, who was the subject of an arrest warrant for a traffic related homicide in Yellowstone County, was arrested on Aug. 14.  Buccelli was seen by a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy in a 2018 Dodge Ram in Polson. Th...

Lozeau ordered to pay $59,412 in restitution Lozeau ordered to pay $59,412 in restitution

A Charlo man has been committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for ten years with five years suspended on a felony theft charge. Todd Micheal Lozeau, 36, was also committed to a total of five years DOC, all suspended, on another felony theft charge and five years suspended for tampering with or fab...

Search for missing man continues Search for missing man continues

News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell LAKE COUNTY – Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the report of a shooting in the alley behind a bar in Pablo on Aug. 4 at about 9:45 p.m. It was reported that a disturbance had taken place.  A resident, from a house adjacent to t...

Body of local man recovered from river

FLATHEAD RIVER – Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies and search and rescue crews were called to the Buffalo Cliffs on July 18 after it was reported that a man went under the water. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said that Dayton Conrad, 21, was swimming with a friend before the accident. Conra...

Public asked to report any information on early morning shooting in Ninepipe area

Lake County law enforcement are looking for several suspects involved in a shooting incident that occurred during the early morning hours of June 18 in the Ninepipe area. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said that the 911-dispatch center received a call at 4:15 a.m. concerning an armed robbery. “The rep...

High-speed chase ends with shooting, death of murder suspect High-speed chase ends with shooting, death of murder suspect

WOODS BAY — Lake County Sheriff Don Bell reported that U.S. Highway 35 was closed on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 9, to through traffic on both sides of mile marker 26.  The highway was closed to allow state officials time to investigate the scene where a shooting occurred. The incident began...

Joseph charged with sexual assualt

Jarod Matthew Joseph, 19, of Ronan entered a plea of not guilty in District Court on June 10 to two counts of felony sexual assault.  According to court records, the incidents involved minors under the age of 10 and occurred in Ronan between July 2019 and March 2020. When questioned by a detective wi...


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