KALISPELL – A state senator charged with driving a boat while drunk and crashing into the rocky shoreline of Flathead Lake is close to a plea agreement.
Attorney Todd Glazier filed a request Wednesday asking that Sen. Greg Barkus’ Nov. 29 trial be canceled and that a hearing be scheduled for him to change his plea.
The Republican from Kalispell is charged with criminal endangerment and two counts of vehicular assault for the Aug. 27, 2009 crash that injured all five on board, including U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg and two of his staffers. One of Rehberg’s staffers was in a coma for more than a week.
Flathead County attorney’s office administrator Vickie Eggum told the Daily Inter Lake that a plea agreement is being developed, but that the county attorney has not signed off on it.