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Man Pleads Guilty to July 4 Beating

Andrew Nelson admits to The ordeal began this summer on ecutors say he used to hit Valencia “until Nelson’s attorney asked if he had
July 4, when law enforcement respond- the golf club broke.”
used a golf club to hit the man, even
golf club attack
ed to reports of a ight at the Ferndale The footage also allegedly shows though he knew it could result in per-
Market. Witnesses alleged that Nelson, Mower and Horn beating the victim sonal bodily injury, to which Nelson re-
along with Ryan Horn and Gaige Mower, with their ists, as well as choking him.
plied, “Yes, I did.”
By MOLLY PRIDDY of the Beacon
beat another man in the parking lot.
All of the men involved in the ight District Court Judge David Ortley
One of the three men accused of
Charging documents allege that the left the scene, and a witness called 911 to noted that Nelson will be subject to a sig-
beating another man with a golf club on three young men were in a Subaru fol- report the attack.
niicant amount of restitution, and that
the Fourth of July admitted to his role in lowing the victim, who said the men Oicers made contact with the vic- he could face at least six months in jail,
the attack, which left the victim with a were tailgating him. The victim told in- tim at his home and saw he was visibly with a portion of that already completed.
cracked vertebrae.
vestigators he pulled into the Ferndale injured. He was taken by ambulance to Ortley also noted that Nelson’s sen-
Andrew Nelson appeared in Flat- Market parking lot to get away from Kalispell Regional Medical Center for tencing judge is not bound by the plea

head County District Court on Nov. 21 to them and be around more people, and treatment, where it was determined he agreement and could choose to assert his
change his plea in this case. In August, the Subaru followed.
had multiple injuries, including a frac- own sentence for the felony. The maxi-
Nelson pleaded not guilty to the charges, Prosecutors say Nelson, Mower and ture to his C-5 vertebrae.
mum sentence for this crime is 20 years
which included aggravated assault and Horn got out of their car and began beat- In court on Nov. 21, Nelson, who has in prison, and a maximum $50,000 ine.
assault with a weapon.
ing the man. The attack was caught on been in jail since his arrest four months Nelson will be sentenced in January,
As part of a plea deal, Nelson told security camera and witness video foot- ago, said he had indeed had a run-in with and remains in custody at the Flathead
the judge he was guilty of assault with age. Nelson’s charge of assault with a a man at the Ferndale Market on July 4, County Detention Center.
a weapon, and the aggravated assault weapon stems from his alleged use of a and that the man had acted aggressively [email protected]

charge was dismissed.
golf club during the attack, which pros-
toward him before the ight.

Poll: Daines Up Big in Montana Senate Race
mary 39 percent to 31 percent.
Bohlinger served as a Republican on
a joint ticket with former Montana Gov.
Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, but of- cent and holds a 15-point lead over for- proval rating sits at 37 percent, with
By BEACON STAFF
icially switched parties for the Senate mer Montana Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger, 42 percent disapproving, while Walsh
race. He has long characterized himself U.S. Rep. Steve Daines notched an
also a Democrat.
is known by a scant 50 percent of the
as a moderate.
early lead in the bid to replace retiring The seat is a must-win for the GOP voters culled for the sample, giving his
The Public Policy Polling survey of Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont, according to if the party hopes to win the six seats numbers a margin for improvement.
952 Montana voters was conducted Nov. a new poll from Public Policy Polling.
needed for Senate control, though Dem- Walsh has the backing of the Demo-
15-17 and has a margin of error of plus or Daines, Montana’s lone Congress- ocrats have expressed conidence they cratic Washington establishment, in-
minus 3.2 percentage points.
man, leads Montana Lt. Gov. John will make up ground.
cluding Baucus and U.S. Sen. Jon Tester,
[email protected]
Walsh, a Democrat, 52 percent to 35 per-
According to the poll, Daines’ ap-
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