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1. Man Charged with Robbery After Running Over Store Employee
A 40-year-old Kalispell man has been arrested on charges of robbery after he allegedly tried to shoplift from a store before driving over a woman who was attempting to write down his license plate number.
According to a press release from the Kalispell Police Department, o cers received a shoplifting complaint on the 2000 block of U.S. Highway 93 south of downtown on Oct. 30 shortly after 2:40 p.m. Witnesses said Martin Gregory Baker had come into the store and tried to walk out with a portable drill and char- ger but when he left he set o the shop- lifting alarm. Store employees followed Baker out of the store but he was able to get into his truck in the parking lot.
While Baker tried to escape, he allegedly backed his vehicle over a store employee who was trying to take down his license plate number. The woman received non-life-threatening injuries to her legs and was taken to the hospital. Other store employees were able to stop the vehicle and grab Baker, holding him down until police arrived.
According to the Kalispell Police Department, Baker has been charged with robbery and other charges may be pending. He is currently incarcerated at the Flathead County Detention Center.
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2. Geographer Probes Mystery of Lake Name
A Flathead County lake that residents want to name may already have a title.
John and Sharon Ramsey’s quest to label the lake so that it could be stocked with sh led two people to come forward with options that they each say are the original, reported the Missoulian.
About six decades of maps from the U.S. Geological Survey carry no name for the lake, which partially sits on the cou- ple’s property.
Montana State Library geographer Gerry Daumiller started looking into the issue after the two proposed Lone Coyote
Lake as the moniker to mirror Lone Coy- ote Trail, the road where they live.
One person who came forward said the lake is already named after the nearby Moon Lake Trial.
Another says Mohn Lake carries the name of the man who owned the sur- rounding property from 1898 to 1937.
Daumiller is asking anyone with infor- mation about the two names to contact him.
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names decides these proposals.
The Ramseys said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks initially told them the lake couldn’t be stocked with sh without a name. Agency administrative supervi- sor Jannice Richardson, however, said the Ramseys had already proposed Lone Coyote Lake when they learned there was a one-time stocking permit available for the unnamed lake.
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3. Lake County O cials Identify Bigfork Man Killed in Crash
Lake County o cials have released the name of a 36-year-old Bigfork man who died in a single-vehicle rollover on Montana Highway 83 near Condon.
Sheri Don Bell tells KERR-AM that Christopher Davis Shipman died in the crash on Oct. 26.
The Montana Highway Patrol says Shipman’s sport utility vehicle went o the road at about 3:30 p.m. Shipman overcorrected and the vehicle rolled. Shipman was ejected and ended up in the middle of the northbound lane. The SUV came to rest in the ditch.
Shipman died at the scene. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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4. Former CFO of Vann’s Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison
The former chief nancial o cer of Vann’s Inc. was sentenced last week to 14 months in prison after previously plead- ing guilty to conspiring to defraud the employee-owned electronics and appli- ance retailer, causing it to le for bank- ruptcy in 2012.
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