Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff's Office
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office RONAN — On July 7, Lake County 911 took a report of a home invasion assault on Hummingbird Lane in Ronan. Deputies responded and determined the sole occupant of the residence had been assaulted by two males who fled the scene. The suspect males were...
POLSON — James Lapotka has been sworn in as the top prosecutor of Lake County. Former Lake County Attorney Steve Eschenbacher’s last day was June 30. Lapotka was sworn-in as the new Lake County Attorney that afternoon by District Judge Molly Owen. Also retiring this week was Barbara Mars...
LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Election Office is gearing up for in-person voting Tuesday, June 7, when polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the primary election. Absentee ballots must arrive in the election office or polling place by 8 p.m. Tuesday. Election administrator Toni Kramer says p...
POLSON — A Polson man is accused of shooting and killing the mother of his child on the evening of May 10 in the Hell Roaring Canyon area of the Mission Mountains above State Highway 35, east of Polson. Tyler Uhrich, 20, was formally charged with deliberate homicide for allegedly shooting Rozlyn Blu...
POLSON — In a district courtroom filled with his family, friends and colleagues Rod Wamsley was honored for his 50 years of employment with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell presented Wamsley with a plaque, a certificate of appreciation as well as a LCSO retirement ba...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office POLSON — On Feb. 23 at around 7 p.m., three inmates in the Lake County Detention Center intentionally damaged a bunk in one of the cell blocks. While causing this damage, one of the inmates sustained a minor cut to his head and was transported to th...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office RONAN — The woman who was killed on Oct. 26, in the single-vehicle crash on Timberlane Road, east of Ronan, is 37 year-old, Emily Pinkston, of Ronan. The body of Ms. Pinkston has been examined by the State Medical Examiner to aid the Lake County She...
POLSON — A Ronan man was committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for 20 years with 15 years suspended for dealing heroin. 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...
RONAN — Representatives from local, county and tribal government met last week to discuss strategies for regulating recreational marijuana sales which are set to begin Jan. 1, 2022. Montana voters approved the sale of recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older during the 2020 election. HB 701, pass...
POLSON — A Charlo man, who was accused of threatening the mother of his child and her fiance with a gun, admitted to some of the allegations against him. Stoney Randal Corcoran, 51, pled guilty at District Court in Polson Sept. 30 to felony charges of criminal endangerment, assault on a peace or jud...
