Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff's Office
RONAN – After pressing his paw into an ink pad, the Ronan Police Department’s canine member signed an Oath of Office on Monday, July 2, during the city council meeting. Sandor, a Belgian Malinois, whose name means defender of man, promised an allegiance to the Constitution of the State of Mont...
POLSON – Demonstrators arrived at the Lake County Courthouse on Monday morning to protest a decision to release individuals associated with the Cassandra Harris case. “It’s not ok,” said Amy Castlio, one of the protest organizers. She continued to say: “There are so man...
A Ronan man was committed to the state Department of Corrections for 10 years with all time suspended during an appearance at District Court in Polson on April 18. Allen Ted Metzger, 60, entered a guilty plea on Feb. 28 through his attorney, Lance Jasper of Missoula, to two counts of criminal endang...
POLSON – The body of 26-year-old Kyle Butterhof of Polson was located Tuesday, Feb. 27 by Two Bear Air on the cliffside below the SKQ Dam observation lookout. A search for Butterhof had been underway following a missing person/welfare check request called in by a family member on Friday, Feb. 23. Accor...
POLSON — A shooting Wednesday afternoon on Sanders Street in Arlee left one man dead. Leonard L. Peak, Jr., 49, of Arlee died from a gunshot wound, according to a press release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. A call came in at 3:35 p.m. and the LCSO, tribal police and emergency...
POLSON — Two U.S. Postal Service contractors face charges of intent to distribute dangerous drugs after police say they found a suspicious package at the home of Anthony Friscia, 62, and Mary Friscia, 47, in Polson last week. According to a Jan. 12 press release from the Lake County Sheriff&rs...
By Karen Peterson Valley Journal ST. IGNATIUS – The St. Ignatius school locked down the doors and classrooms to protect students after a bomb threat was made on Wednesday afternoon. Superintendent Jason Sargent said administration and law enforcemen...
On Wednesday, Dec. 6, after 12 noon, Missoula PD attempted to initiate a stop on a vehicle, a black Ford Taurus, driving recklessly in a residential neighborhood in Missoula. The vehicle fled and ended up northbound into Lake County on U.S. Hwy. 93 at speeds of up to 85 or 90 mph. Missoula County r...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a registered sex offender for three counts of felony sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age. A report was made to the Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 15 regarding allegations of sexual assault b...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from a local family foundation to supply each sworn deputy with an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Additionally, the grant supplied an AED to be installed in the main Lake...
