Courts
POLSON — A Ronan man has admitted to dealing heroin in Lake County. Jose Anders Gonzalez, 30, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on Sept. 9 to one felony count of criminal possession with intent to distribute. The guilty plea came as part of an agreement that will dismiss at sentencing one count of assault with a weapon. According to court records, on Feb. 18, Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a female being assaulted by several people. At the scene, the deputies observed the victim with a split above her eye and a broken tooth. The victim told responding deputies that she had gone to a residence on Sundown Lane near St. Ignatius to con...
POLSON — A Polson man was sentenced at District Court in Polson on Sept. 8 to a total of 10 years with the Montana Department of Corrections with 6 years suspended for a series of vehicle thefts and a burglary. Kyro Antonio Swimmer, 22, pled guilty Aug. 12 to one count of burglary for breaking into ...
POLSON — A Ronan man was committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for a total of 15 years with all but five years suspended during a sentencing hearing at District Court in Polson on Sept. 9. Bojai Dominick Grant-Schmidt, 20, pled guilty at District Court in Polson on June 17, to strangulatio...
POLSON — A Great Falls woman is accused of breaking into the Montana State University Flathead Reservation Extension Office in Polson and an adjacent office. Crystal Gayle Hilton, 41, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson Sept. 1 to two counts of felony burglary. According to c...
POLSON — District Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher set a trial date of Jan. 24, 2022, for a Polson man accused of posing as a firefighter at the Boulder 2700 fire this summer. Donald Stephen Breese, 48, entered a plea of not guilty on Aug. 26, to felony impersonating a public servant and ...
POLSON — A Polson man is accused of throwing another man through the window of a building on Polson’s Main Street. Joshua Leon Johnson, 42, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Sept. 2, to felony criminal endangerment and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. According to cour...
POLSON — A Ronan woman is accused of being high on drugs and passed out in a vehicle with a child in the car on a hot day. Miesha Skye Barnett, 24, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Sept. 1 to felony criminal endangerment. According to charging documents, on Aug. 12, law en...
POLSON — A St. Ignatius man is accused of shooting a BB gun at two juveniles, striking one in the eye. Julian Haynes Lutes, 21, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Sept. 2 to two counts of felony assault with a weapon. According to charging documents, on April 2, police in St...
POLSON — District Judge James Manley set a trial date of Feb. 14, 2022, for a Polson woman accused of driving while impaired with a child under the age of 14 in her car. Savanah Yvonne Kenmille, 35, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson to felony criminal child endangerment on Sep...
A Pablo woman was sentenced at District Court in Polson on Aug. 25 to the Montana Department of Corrections for a total of three years with none of that time suspended. Shanyel Lynn Strange Owl, 29, pled guilty on Feb. 5, 2020, to felony counts of criminal child endangerment and negligent vehicular ...
