Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff's Office
News from the Lake County Sheriff Office LAKE COUNTY – Dominick Buccelli, 27, who was the subject of an arrest warrant for a traffic related homicide in Yellowstone County, was arrested on Aug. 14. Buccelli was seen by a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy in a 2018 Dodge Ram in Polson. Th...

A Charlo man has been committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for ten years with five years suspended on a felony theft charge. Todd Micheal Lozeau, 36, was also committed to a total of five years DOC, all suspended, on another felony theft charge and five years suspended for tampering with or fab...

News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell LAKE COUNTY – Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the report of a shooting in the alley behind a bar in Pablo on Aug. 4 at about 9:45 p.m. It was reported that a disturbance had taken place. A resident, from a house adjacent to t...
FLATHEAD RIVER – Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies and search and rescue crews were called to the Buffalo Cliffs on July 18 after it was reported that a man went under the water. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said that Dayton Conrad, 21, was swimming with a friend before the accident. Conra...
Lake County law enforcement are looking for several suspects involved in a shooting incident that occurred during the early morning hours of June 18 in the Ninepipe area. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said that the 911-dispatch center received a call at 4:15 a.m. concerning an armed robbery. “The rep...

WOODS BAY — Lake County Sheriff Don Bell reported that U.S. Highway 35 was closed on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 9, to through traffic on both sides of mile marker 26. The highway was closed to allow state officials time to investigate the scene where a shooting occurred. The incident began...
Jarod Matthew Joseph, 19, of Ronan entered a plea of not guilty in District Court on June 10 to two counts of felony sexual assault. According to court records, the incidents involved minors under the age of 10 and occurred in Ronan between July 2019 and March 2020. When questioned by a detective wi...

POLSON – Protests following the death of George Floyd have spread across the country from big cities to small towns as American citizens take a stand against racism. On Thursday, June 4, about 50 people in Polson picked up signs and marched through town. Organizers Jessica Mali Edwards and Jenn Grov...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office LAKE COUNTY – Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said: “It is with great sadness that I announce the death of one of our detention officers.” Corporal Lanny Van Meter, a longtime Lake County Sheriff’s Office employee, died...
A Polson man admitted to intentionally ramming his car into the vehicle of a new girlfriend of his ex-girlfriend as well as other property damage. Nathaniel Bryan McDonald, 23, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on May 20, to felony criminal mischief, misdemeanor criminal mischief, misdemea...