Arlee
CRIME & SAFETY
Judge denies bid to change venue in Sunny White case
Judge Molly Owen of the 20th Judicial District denied a motion for change of venue in the case of a Butte woman charged with running over and killing an Arlee woman.Sunny White, 29, is facing charges stemming from the vehicle vs. pedestrian incident involving Mika Westwolf as she walked along U.S. Highway 93 in the Arlee area on March 31, 2023.The public defender for White, Meghan Benson of Missoula, argued that her client “is entitled to a change of venue because reasonable grounds exist to believe that she would not receive a fair and impartial trial in Lake County.” Benson...
Hammer receives 15-year sentence for drugs, police chase
A Charlo man was committed to the Montana Department of Corrections for 15 years with five years suspended on one count of criminal endangerment and criminal possession of dangerous drugs. Pascal Joseph Hammer III, 23, entered a plea of guilty in District Court in Polson May 16 to felony charges...
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