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Whiteish Woman Denies

Charge of Stabbing Husband
HAPPY

NEW AnnMari Newton enters

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, NEWTON SAID SHE not guilty plea to felony

AND HER HUSBAND WERE ARGUING IN THE KITCHEN, assault
YEAR!
AND SHE WAS HOLDING A KNIFE. SHE ALLEGEDLY By MOLLY PRIDDY of the Beacon

TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT SHE “THRUST THE KNIFE
The Whiteish woman accused of
TOWARD CHAD AND STABBED HIM.”
stabbing her husband in the chest dur-
ing an argument pleaded not guilty to
the felony charge levied against her.
AnnMari Helt Newton, 39, entered
Make your Dinner a not guilty plea to felony assault with a
weapon on Dec. 19 in Flathead County residence, talking on the phone with dis- and stabbed him.”
Reservation District Court. Newton, who was still patch and directing oicers to the kitch- The couple’s two children were home

for New Years in custody as of Dec. 20, also had a bail en, where her husband was on the loor, at the time of the altercation, and were
modiication hearing last week.
unresponsive and bleeding.
unharmed. Child Protective Services
Eve Early.
Prosecutors say Newton stabbed He was taken to Kalispell Regional placed the kids in the home of a friend,
her husband Chad Newton, 37, during a Medical Center, and placed in intensive according to Whiteish Police Chief Bill
Nov. 25 argument. Law enforcement re- care.
Dial.
sponded to the call at about 6 p.m. that According to investigators, Newton If convicted of the assault charge,
evening, on the 1100 block of Obrien Av- said she and her husband were argu- Newton could face up to 20 years in pris-

enue in Whiteish.
ing in the kitchen, and she was holding on and up to a $50,000 ine.
Responding oicers said they en- a knife. She allegedly told investigators [email protected]
countered AnnMari Newton outside the
that she “thrust the knife toward Chad

Municipal Matters

A recap of recent news from City Hall

KALISPELL
victim should stay on the phone and • Winter has slowed residential de-
go to a retailer and obtain a prepaid velopment with only one building
• The city’s three newly elected offi- credit card. The scammers have permit issued in the past two weeks,
advised people to purchase two bringing the total for the calendar
cials completed a day of orientation $1,000 cards and to then relay the year to 121, according to the city’s
activities on Dec. 12. The incoming card numbers to pay the fictitious Building Department. There have
public servants received an over-
view of the policies and procedures warrant. The Kalispell Police De- been 105 single family homes built
previously adopted by council and partment is remiding residents that and 15 townhouses. This time last
toured several municipal facili- neither local officers nor court of- year there were 93 — 49 single fam-
ties. They will take their respective ficials ever contact individuals and ily homes, four townhouse and a
demand payment over the phone. 40-unit apartment complex.
seats during the first meeting in Those who are targeted by scam-
January.
mers should call law enforcement • Commercial development con-
immediately.
tinues next to Cabela’s new retail
• The Kalispell Police Department is store on the north side of town. The
warning residents of a phone scam • The Kalispell Police Advisory Building Department has received
that is frequently targeting local Council and the police department plans for one of the immediately
residents. Officers have received
several complaints of scammers are sponsoring another “Citizens abutting businesses to Cabela’s –
contacting individuals claiming to Police Academy” starting in Febru- Ulta, a cosmetics retail establish-
be a member of local law enforce- ary. Similar to prior years, this will ment. Construction continues on
ment or an employee of a local be an eight-week course beginning MacKenzie River Pizza Grill and
139 1Feb. 4, and ending March 25. Class- Pub, and The Shops, a shell building
ST AVENUE WEST court. In the reported cases, the es will be held on Tuesday evenings that will eventually contain four
KALISPELL
scammer has some limited person- from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Pub- businesses, according to city offi-
755-4441
al information of the intended vic-
tims. The scammer has told the tar- lic Safety Building. The purpose cials. Foundation work also contin-
WWW.NBGRILLE.COM
geted person that they have missed of the course is to expose citizens ues on the 28,000-square-foot ex-
jury duty and as a result there has to the police department, its per- pansion of Sportsman & Ski Haus
been a warrant issued for their ar- sonnel, divisions and operations. in the Hutton Ranch Plaza.
Serving Lunch Monday Through Friday
Class size will be limited. Anyone
SERVING DINNER SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK
rest. The victim is then told that interested in participating can con-
if they do not pay the outstanding tact Administrative Captain Wade
Stop in and try your luck at
warrant immediately they will be Rademacher at wader@kalispell.
arrested. The scammers tell the
victim that the court only accepts com or 758-7790. Applications are
credit card payments and that the
due Jan.10.