Courts
A Polson man was ordered to pay restitution of $501,067.49 to the victim of a wreck who ultimately had to have a foot amputated due to injuries. The restitution was part of the sentence handed down at District Court in Polson, on March 10, by Judge James Manley in the case of Dillon S. Bindschadler, 29. Imposition of sentencing was deferred for six years. According to court records, on Aug. 3, 2020, emergency services were dispatched to a report of a wreck involving a white Jeep and a motorcycle at the intersection of U. S. Highway 93 and Tower Road, north of Polson. At the scene, Bindschadler admitted to investigators that he had been drinking alcohol earlier in the da...
A Pablo man has admitted to the unprovoked shooting of two people at a residence in Pablo this past December. Joshua Franklin McGreevey, 32, pleaded guilty at District Court in Polson, on March 4, to two counts of assault with a weapon. The guilty pleas came as part of a plea agreement that will dis...
A Ronan man received minor injuries after being “grazed” by a shot fired from a Montana Highway Patrol Trooper during a high-speed pursuit on Tuesday, March 2. Billy Washburn, 41, is facing charges of driving while under the influence and felony criminal endangerment. More charges could be add...
A Ronan man admitted to causing a crash that killed his passenger. Kenneth Lozeau Jr., 27, pleaded guilty, at District Court in Polson, on March 4, to felony vehicular homicide while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. According to court records, on May 23, emergency personnel responded to a rollover...
A former Polson woman was sentenced to 100 years in the Montana State Women’s Prison with none of that time suspended and no chance at parole. Danielle Jeanette Wood, 56, was found guilty by a Sanders County jury in January of deliberate homicide after a two-week trial. She was sentenced at District...
A Lake County man is accused of breaking into private property and stealing about $8,000 worth of items and tools. Jeremiah L. Michel, 46, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Feb. 25 to felony counts of burglary and criminal possession of dangerous drugs. According to court records...
District Judge James Manley has rejected a 10-year suspended sentence recommendation for an alleged heroin dealer. Lolanda Lou Sorrel-Buck, 48, was allowed to withdraw her guilty plea to one count of felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute. Sorrel-Buck pleaded guilty ...
A Kalispell man is accused of a fourth driving while under the influence charge after being slumped over behind the wheel of his car at 5:30 a.m. Trey Chandler Grilley, 27, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Feb. 25 to what court records show would be his fourth DUI. According ...
A Polson man, who was committed to 20 years with the Montana Department of Corrections with 16 years suspended on a burglary charge in 2019, is now accused of stealing packages delivered this past December while driving a stolen Jeep. An arraignment hearing for Kenneth Charles Gieber, 23, is set for March...
An Elmo woman was sentenced at District Court in Polson on Feb. 17 to the Montana State Women’s Prison for two years with no time suspended on one count of felony robbery. D’anja Lesly Charlo, 19, entered a guilty plea to robbery by way of a plea agreement, reached on Dec. 9, that dismissed on...
