Articles with the Tag: Crime
Justice of the Peace Randal L. Owens dealt with the following cases May 6-19: Tucker Steven Hathaway , 28, pleaded guilty to failing to carry proof or exhibit insurance in vehicle, owner or operator, first offense. He was fined $250 and charged $35 in court costs. The following individuals were fined ...
Victims of domestic violence can get lost in the court system and their abusers may not get the help they need — or the punishment. The problem increases as felony criminal cases rise in Lake County, doubling between 2014 and 2015, and could double again this year. As an understaffed county attempts...
POLSON — The Commission of Securities and Insurance wants to teach you how to smell a rat. Following two days of making stops all over Western Montana, Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica Lindeen brought to Polson her presentation on how to avoid fraud. The compelling stor...
News from the Ronan Police Department The Ronan Police Department has a lost and found inventory of bicycles and wishes to return the bicycles back to their rightful owners. The bicycles currently in inventory were unable to be linked back to their owners through the usual means. In an effort to allow peo...
POLSON — A Polson man whose drunken driving caused a Missoula woman to be seriously injured last spring was sentenced Wednesday in Lake County District Court. Benjamin Alvin Morris, 59, Polson, was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for five years, none suspended with credit for time served,...
Ninepipes holds winter Book Chat RONAN — Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana is sponsoring a “Book Chat” at the Ronan Public Library, 203 Main Street, starting on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 10 a.m. Donna Cheff and Michelle Fenger will lead a four-week discussion on the book, “A...
HELENA — A jury in Helena found Harry Lozeau, 53 of Ronan, guilty of a lesser amended offense of negligent homicide for the shooting death of his brother, 51-year-old Terry Lozeau. Lozeau fatally shot his brother in the head with a shotgun in June 2014 over a dispute about truck repairs. He wa...
PABLO – Law enforcement officers from several agencies worked to find the suspects wanted in connection with an incident in Pablo around noon on Monday, Dec. 14. One arrest has been made, but the other suspect hasn’t been found. “We got a call that shots had been fired,” said Confe...
A gun was pointed at Sheryl Hitchcock’s face on Monday, Dec. 7, around 10 p.m. at the Closer to Home assisted living facility on Watson Road where residents ranging in ages from about 70 to 98 live. Hitchcock, the facility owner, was sweeping the floor in the dining area when a man about 5 fee...
POLSON – Marlo Aldia Tonasket, 36, was placed in custody Wednesday, Dec. 9 for his alleged involvement with an incident where an officer believed he was about to be shot. A Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy was getting ready for work on Sunday, Nov. 22. At around 5 a.m. the deputy walked out to his...
