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Len Derby, a resident of The Springs at White sh, watches fellow resident Fred Hartson return from a ight in a 1942 Boeing Stearman with pilot Mike Winterboer, a volunteer with Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, at the Glacier Jet Center. Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, a non-pro t organization dedicated to giving back to those who have given, treated residents to a ight around White sh Lake and Big Mountain. “We just want to make a real di erence in their lives,” said Sherry Mayeaux, director of community relations with The Springs. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
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Martin City Man Sentenced for Stealing Guns, Ammo
A Martin City man was given a sev- en-year suspended sentence to the Mon- tana Department of Corrections seven months after he stole nearly two-dozen weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition from a home in Kila.
Tucker Mathis appeared at a sentenc- ing hearing on July 14 in Flathead County District Court. Mathis was also given a second, two-year suspended sentence for a parole violation from a previous con- viction that will run consecutively to the theft sentence.
Mathis had initially denied the alle- gations of felony theft earlier this year but in May he pleaded guilty.
According to court records, a plow truck driver reported that a home in Kila appeared to have been broken into on Dec. 19, 2015. When law enforce- ment arrived they found that the home and two outbuildings were ransacked.
Authorities contacted the homeowner, who was out of town, but later returned to determine what was stolen. The home- owner reported that nearly 24 rearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition were missing. Authorities later identi ed Mathis as a suspect and interviewed him on Dec. 23. According to court records, Mathis admitted to making at least three trips to the house to steal guns and ammunition.
Man Charged with Criminal Endangerment, Assault After High- Speed Chase
A 30-year-old man who led police on a high-speed chase from Somers to White- sh last month has been charged with criminal endangerment and assault.
Marcus Angel denied the allegations in Flathead County District Court last week.
According to court documents, on June 18, that Flathead County Sheri ’s
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O ce received a report from Del’s Bar in Somers about a combative male. Accord- ing to witnesses, Angel angrily shoved an ice machine at a bartender, breaking the machine and nearly hitting the woman behind the bar. Another patron told Angel to leave.
Angel then got into his car and left the scene, but not before someone reported his license plate number. A short while later, a Montana Highway Trooper tried to pull Angel over but he sped north. Angel allegedly drove through downtown Kalispell at speeds up to 55 miles per hour, nearly causing two di erent acci- dents. North of Kalispell, Angel allegedly hit speeds of more than 80 miles per hour. He was nally stopped in White sh where local police deployed a spike strip on U.S. Highway 93.
If convicted of felony criminal endan- germent or misdemeanor assault, Angel could face up to 10 years in prison and a
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