Lake County District Court news for July 20, 2011
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Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, July 13:
Leonard Irvine, 56, Ronan, in a change of plea, admitted committing one amended offense of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs, a felony. The court accepted the plea agreement and Irvine’s plea, and found Irvine guilty of the charge. The court also dismissed two additional charges of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs, both felonies.
A PSI was ordered and sentencing is set for Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, charges stem from incidents that took place between the summer of 2010 and spring 2011 involving several 14-16-year old Ronan High School girls. Irvine, known to the girls as “Uncle Leonard,” allegedly provided alcohol, cigarettes, and a variety of drugs to the girls on numerous occasions. One report indicated that Irvine had taken nude photographs of one girl in exchange for alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and prescription drugs. Several pairs of girls’ underpants were found in Irvine’s residence, along with drugs and drug paraphernalia.
During an interview with Irvine, he admitted being addicted to methamphetamines, and that he knew the girls were under age 18. When asked about sexual favors, Irvine told the officers that he’d stated, “I told ‘em if you want the pills, all you gotta do is ask. I got ‘em.”
The door to Irvine’s residence is only 333 feet from school property.
Michelle Jean Nault, 24, Polson, in a change of plea admitted committing the offense of attempt, a felony. The court accepted the plea agreement and Nault’s plea, and found her guilty. A PSI was ordered and sentencing set for Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, charges stem from a November 2010 incident where a nurse at Polson Health and Rehab Center entered the room of a resident and noticed Nault, an off-duty CNA, reaching into the room from the outside, balancing in the window sill on her abdomen and reaching into the resident’s shirt near the shoulder area where the resident was wearing a Fentanyl patch. Nault ran to her car when confronted. The nurse also indicated that the patches were usually worn on the resident’s arms, that the window screen was broken and laying on the ground, and that a piece of the resident’s wheelchair brake was placed in the window track, which prevented the window from locking.
Prior to this incident, according to court documents, there were other incidents where the resident’s Fentanyl patches were missing.
Dolly Marie Evans, 34, Ronan, in a change of plea admitted committing two counts of criminal endangerment, both felonies. The court accepted the plea agreement and Evans’ plea and found her guilty.
A PSI was ordered and sentencing set for Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, charges stem from a November 28, 2010 incident on Highway 212 near mile marker 14. Around 5:15 a.m., a man reported that there were two adults passed out in a vehicle parked in the middle of the road and two babies in the car; also, it was dark outside and snowing.
When an officer arrived, he found the car parked on the center line of the highway, in gear and still running. The driver, Evans, was passed out with her 2-month-old infant son in her lap. The officer noted the smell of alcohol and could not get a response from Evans. He put the car in gear and turned off the engine, and then wrapped the infant in a blanket and placed him in a warm vehicle.
Another officer arrived and tried to rouse a male passenger in the front seat with a 3-year-old girl in his lap. That child was also wrapped in a blanket and placed in a warm vehicle while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
The children were not dressed in warm winter clothes or a hat, and were not covered with a blanket. There were no child car seats in the car. Officers found a half-empty bottle of vodka on the front passenger’s side floor.
When Evans was finally roused, she insisted she was at her home in Dixon Agency. Evans refused to give a breath sample and scored six of six possible indicators of impairment, so she was transported to the tribal jail facilities for further DUI processing. According to the affidavit, Evans never inquired about what had happened to her children.
