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CRIME & SAFETY
Thanks to life-saving intervention, I still have a son
My son celebrated his 31st birthday recently. I wrote an “I'm so proud of you” message on Facebook telling of his senior graduation party night where they went up North Crow to party and my son ended up getting so drunk he passed out and aspirated on his vomit.Three tribal police officers went up to check on the party and found my son unconscious and not breathing. They quickly put him in their police car, did CPR and got him to the ambulance, which drove him to the helipad at St. Luke Hospital in Ronan, where he was life-flighted to...
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...
Ronan man admits to felony assault
A Ronan admitted to threatening the mother of his children with a knife. Darius Sosep Parker, 25, entered a plea of guilty in District Court in Polson June 26 to felony assault with a weapon. According to court records, on April 19, 2023, a deputy with the Lake County Sheriff’s...
Complaints lead to St. Ignatius police removing junk cars
ST. IGNATIUS, Mont. - The St. Ignatius Police Department is warning the public they will take actions to address junk vehicles. The police say that there have been multiple complaints about cars that have been abandoned on streets and public property in St. Ignatius. A junk vehicle is any that...
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...
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