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JUDGE TO CONSIDER DISMISSING KALISPELL ONLINE THREATS CASE
A judge is hearing arguments in June to dismiss charges against a man police say made online threats to schools and religious leaders, then stocked up on guns at his home.
The Missoulian reports public de- fender Brent Getty wants the charges against 28-year-old David Joseph Lenio dismissed, saying in his court filing that his client didn’t make a specific threat and no crime was committed.
Deputy Flathead County Attorney Stacy Bowman has until June 2 to file a response Getty’s motion to dismiss.
District Court Judge Heidi Ulbricht may rule on the motion during Lenio’s next court date, on June 29.
The trial is tentatively set for July 6, and Bowman says it may take five days to hear testimony from about 30 witnesses and review thousands of Tweets.
POLICE OFFICER’S USE OF TOURNIQUET SAVED KALISPELL STABBING VICTIM’S LIFE
A 49-year-old man who was stabbed May 9 outside of a local bar may have died from his injuries if it hadn’t been for a Kalispell police officer’s use of a tour- niquet.
According to Kalispell Police Chief Roger Nasset, officers began carrying tourniquets last fall after the depart- ment was awarded a grant through the Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Round- Up for Safety program.
The program awards grants to orga- nizations by allocating money that Flat- head Electric service members contrib- ute by rounding their monthly bills up to the next dollar. On average, it adds about $8 to a home’s electricity bills each year.
“It’s nice when you have a program like this that has been doing a great thing for so long, and in this case we can show a direct benefit,” Nasset said. “It saved this victim’s life.”
Nasset said a member of the Ka- lispell Police Department’s SWAT Team, Ben Sutton, learned of the importance of tourniquets during his SWAT training, then took the initiative of applying for a grant through the RoundUp for Safety Program.
“He learned of the life saving abili- ties of tourniquets, not only to fellow of- ficers but also to victims and suspects, and the important ability of applying immediate first aid, especially in a situ- ation where there is major trauma and significant bleeding,” Nasset said. “The chance of survival is much greater if a
tourniquet is properly applied imme- diately rather than waiting for medical personnel to arrive.”
In the early morning hours of May 9, police responded to a report of a stab- bing in the parking lot of a bar on U.S. Highway 2 West, Nasset said. The man had suffered multiple stab and slashing wounds, mainly to his extremities, and witnesses to the assault were attempting to stanch the profuse bleeding.
Officer Jesse Allen immediately ap- plied a tourniquet to what he observed was an arterial bleed on the man’s left leg.
Medical staff later acknowledged that the stabbing victim might have suc- cumbed to his injuries if it were not for the proper application of a tourniquet.
The suspect in the case, 36-year-old Justin Gallery, of Kalispell, was arrested May 14and is in custody on a bail amount of $75,000.
The victim, also of Kalispell, under- went emergency surgery and has since been released from the hospital.
KALISPELL MAN ADMITS TO ROLE IN BIGFORK BURGLARIES
A Kalispell man accused of break- ing into at least six Bigfork businesses in 2014 has pleaded no contest to charges of accountability to deceptive practices and criminal endangerment.
Shane Christensen appeared in Flat- head County District Court on May 21, about two months after he was initially set to change his plea before changing his mind at the last second.
According to court documents, in February 2014 Christensen and Sever- in Gislason were each charged with six counts of burglary and one count of de- ceptive practices, all felonies, after po- lice arrested the two following a string of burglaries. The two men allegedly broke into and took cash and items from Big- fork United Rentals, the Senior Center, Albiero Chiropractic, Waterstreet Com- pany, Clayton’s Dentist Office and Nel- son Electric.
LAKE COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING WIFE
A Lake County man has pleaded guilty to shooting his wife and then try- ing to cover up the crime by saying she’d committed suicide.
KERR-AM in Polson reports 32-year-old Adrian McElderry pleaded guilty May 21 to mitigated deliberate homicide and obstructing justice for the November death of 29-year-old Rae- Lynn Charlo.
District Judge Kim Christopher is not bound by the plea agreement that recommends McElderry be sentenced to 60 years in prison when he is sentenced on July 2.
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