Articles with the Tag: methamphetamines
News from the Montana Meth Project MISSOULA — It’s National Red Ribbon Week, a time when leaders and partners come together to encourage young people to participate in drug prevention activities, and the Montana Meth Project and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen are raising awareness o...
News from the MT Meth Project MONTANA – The Montana Meth Project is expanding its program to tackle the deadly fentanyl crisis. On Aug. 21, National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, the Meth Project launched the first Montana Fentanyl Prevention Lesson and Not Even Once: One Pill Can Kill ca...
“Every overdose is someone’s child. Don’t judge, educate.” This statement challenges public compassion as well as understanding of addiction. Tribal Opioid Response Director Kathy Ross intends to spread the message via T-shirts, bumper stickers and posters. Ross currently wor...
POLSON — The imposition of sentencing was deferred for a total of seven years at District Court in Polson on Aug. 16, for a Polson man who admitted to burglary and drug possession charges. The sentence was in accordance with a plea agreement reached on June 28 in the case of Matthew Christian Duncan, 2...
RONAN — Six Ronan Middle School students have tossed their hats into the ring for this year’s “Paint the State” art competition with each creating artwork with anti-meth messaging that’s displayed in various locations in Ronan. RMS teacher Bill Becker recruited Anaka Ha...
News from the Montana Meth Project MISSOULA — Lake County residents entering the Montana Meth Project’s Paint the State 2023 art contest now have the opportunity to compete for major cash prizes thanks to the generous support of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation. Prizes totaling m...
POLSON — A Dixon man was committed in Polson District Court on March 22 to the Montana Department of Corrections for 10 years with five years suspended on one count of criminal endangerment. Randall Everett Rasmussen, 37, pleaded guilty to the charge during an earlier court appearance. In exchange for ...
News from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana MISSOULA — A Butte man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in the Lake County community was sentenced on Dec. 1 to 66 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich sa...
POLSON — District Judge Molly Owen set a sentencing date of Jan. 18 for a Spokane man who admitted to possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine that made its way into the Lake County jail. Thomas Labissoniere, 44, entered a plea of guilty at District Court in Polson on Nov. 30 to two counts of felony cri...
POLSON — According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, on Oct. 5 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Lake County 911 took a report of a suspicious male in a work truck attempting to lure a girl under the age of 16 to his home in the Polson area. Deputies responded and in the ensuing investigation de...
