Western Montana Crime News
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Teens face charges after Evergreen incident
Posted 3:31 PM 5/24/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- Authorities say that an Evergreen man held a teenager at gunpoint early Thursday for trespassing until law enforcement arrived to help.
Emergency dispatchers received a call just before 2 a.m. about a possible burglary on Scarborough Avenue in Evergreen.
A man and his (More)
Yesterday
Kalispell stabbing investigation continues
Posted 10:26 AM 5/23/2012 by Laura Wilson (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- Police say they have identified a suspect in connection with a stabbing in Kalispell over the weekend.
The Kalispell Police Department has received a preliminary statement from the suspected 24-year-old Kalispell man who they say allegedly stabbed a 25-year-old man several times (More)
5/22/2012
Man tied to Jason Washington admits to drug charges
Posted 9:29 PM 5/22/2012 by Irina Cates (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- A man has admitted supplying Big Sky Health owner Jason Washington with marijuana when he didn't have enough and as a result, Jesse Shewalter pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge.
Federal prosecutors say in January of 2011 Shewalter, Washington and several other co-defendants (More)
Whitefish landlord sentenced in medical marijuana case
5/21/2012
Contractor sent to federal prison for MT fraud scheme
Posted 7:56 AM 5/22/2012 by Irina Cates (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- A roofing contractor who defrauded victims in the Flathead Valley, Hot Springs and Great Falls will spend less than five years in a federal prison.
Prosecutors told a Missoula federal judge on Monday it was exhausting trying keep up with John Robert Mulinski and his schemes.
(More)...Man faces federal charges for MT prostitution business
Kalispell PD investigating stabbing
5/18/2012
Lake County sexual offender check nets arrest
Posted 1:42 PM 5/18/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
POLSON- A Lake County man who has been designated as a Sexually Violent Predator is behind bars after failing to register his current address.
Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin says that Phillip James Pierce, Jr. was arrested in the Polson area on Thursday after officers checked two (More)
Missoula burglary suspects arrested in South Dakota
Hamilton PD seeking burglary suspect
5/17/2012
Arrest warrant issued in Missoula "hole in one" case
Posted 7:26 PM 5/17/2012 by Melissa Anderson (KXLH Helena)
HELENA- When Troy Peissig shot a hole-in-one at a Missoula Country Club golf tournament, he won a special $18,000 prize. But almost two years later and despite multiple witness accounts, Peissig hasn't seen a dime of the prize money.
The tournament's sponsor had purchased insurance to (More)
