Courts

A Marion woman is accused of stealing a car in Kalispell before being involved a fatal car wreck with it later in Pablo. Lease Sierra Moore, 18, entered a plea of not guilty in District Court at Polson on April 1, to felony charges of negligent homicide and theft. According to court records, on Sept. 30, emergency services were paged to the report of a fatal car wreck along U.S. Highway 93 in Pablo. Several witnesses at the scene told investigators that they saw a small white car pass them at a high rate of speed while weaving through traffic. The white car was seen running a red light at the intersection with Clairmont Road before hitting a vehicle that was turning onto U.S. Highway ...

A Ronan man was sentenced at District Court in Polson on March 31 as a persistent felony offender and given five years in the Montana State Prison on one count of strangling a partner or family member. Andrew Orlando Bigleggins, 32, was found guilty of the felony by a Lake County jury on March 2. He was acqu...

Jonathan James Linerud, 30, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on March 25 to two felony counts of assault with a weapon. The Polson man is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend. According to court records, on Nov. 17, 2020, Polson police responded to a report tha...

Law enforcement from multiple Montana agencies were involved in a high-speed pursuit that began Saturday night in Lake County and ended early Sunday morning in Flathead County. The driver was identified as Joseph Brown, 36. In Lake County, emergency dispatchers were notified of a “road rage” i...

A Pablo woman, who was already facing a drug possession charge in Lake County, is now facing the more serious offense of distributing drugs. Dolly Blue Zambrana, 44, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on March 25 to criminal possession with intent to distribute. According to court...

Larrs Jalen Omingo, 20, of St. Ignatius, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson, on March 17, to felony strangulation of a partner or family member and theft. According to court records, on March 4, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Police responded to the St. Ignatius area concern...

Jose Anders Gonzalez, 29, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on March 11 to felony charges of criminal possession with intent to distribute and assault with a weapon. According to court records, on Feb. 18, Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a female...

Lake County District Judge James Manley deferred the imposition of sentencing for three years for a Ronan woman convicted of negligent homicide on March 10. Lindsay Elizabeth Castrillo, 36, entered a no-contest plea to the charge as part of a plea agreement that was reached on Jan. 20. She was initially c...

Bojai Dominick Grant-Schmidt, 19, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on March 11 to sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of strangulation of a partner or family member. The charges carry a combined maximum penalty of 45 years in prison. According to court records, on Feb...

The imposition of sentencing was deferred for a period of three years in a case involving a Polson woman who nearly bit her sister’s ear off. Ida Marla Rose Couture, 24, was initially charged with felony aggravated assault, but she pled guilty to the reduced charge of criminal endangerment as part o...