Western Montana Crime and Court News
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Kalispell stabbing investigation continues
Posted 7:04 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) • Video (1)
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Whitefish landlord sentenced in medical marijuana case
Posted 8:10 PM 5/22/2012 by Laura Wilson (KAJ News)
MISSOULA- A Whitefish resident who rented out property to a medical marijuana business has been sentenced to one year in prison.
Jonathan Janetski, 36, was sentenced in Missoula Monday in connection with his guilty plea to maintaining a drug-involved premises, although the landlord says he (More)
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Man tied to Jason Washington admits to drug charges
Posted 5:11 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)
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Man faces federal charges for MT prostitution business
Posted 6:11 PM 5/21/2012 by irina Cates (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- A Spokane man pleaded not guilty to federal charges for running a prostitution business in Missoula and Kalispell during a Monday court appearance.
Clifton Ray Oliver faces three felony charges including "transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual (More) • Video (1)
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Contractor sent to federal prison for MT fraud scheme
Posted 5:12 PM 5/21/2012 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.
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Kalispell PD investigating stabbing
Posted 4:23 PM 5/21/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- The Kalispell Police Department is investigating a stabbing that may have also involved a firearm.
The 911 center received a call about a stabbing at 121 Financial Way in Kalispell at around 2:40 a.m. Sunday and when officers arrived on scene they found a Kalispell man suffering (More)
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Lake County Coverage
Lake County sexual offender check nets arrest
Posted 1:15 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)
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Western Montana Crime News
Missoula burglary suspects arrested in South Dakota
Posted 12:47 PM 5/18/2012 by Tara Oster (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- Two suspects in a recent string of Missoula burglaries are in custody after a 30 mile long high speed chase that ended in a rollover crash.
Captain Rich Maricelli Missoula County Sheriff's Office said the two men were arrested Thursday in South Dakota.
Six burglaries were (More)
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Hamilton PD seeking burglary suspect
Posted 9:32 AM 5/18/2012 by Mark Thorsell (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
HAMILTON- Local police are still looking for a suspect in a burglary case.
Authorities say that sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning someone broke into the Perkins Restaurant on First Street in Hamilton and made off with money and a television set. The suspect(s) also (More)
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Arrest warrant issued in Missoula "hole in one" case
Posted 7:25 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)
