Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said on Friday, that 29 year-old fugitive Richard Anthony Davis was apprehended and taken into custody on Wednesday in Ronan.
A Lake County man, identified as 52 year-old Michael Eugene Wheeler, was found dead in the Mission Mountains area after a search that began Monday night.
Last week, Lake County Sheriff Don Bell sent a letter to media outlets throughout western Montana responding to allegations by his primary opponent David Coffman.
Lake County Sheriff Don Bell has sent a letter to the editor of a local newspaper in response to charges by an opponent in the sheriff’s race that he had not been addressing the need for a new county jail until the time came to run for reelection.
The victim in Wednesday afternoon’s fatal shooting has been identified. Sheriff Don Bell said the incident occurred just after 3:30 p.m. at a residence in Arlee.
Authorities say dozens of people are injured, some critically, after a second-story deck collapsed at a Montana lodge where a memorial service was being held.
27 year-old Michael Furbush is in the Lake County Jail after being arrested on Wednesday for making bomb threats against the Lake County Courthouse and county detention officers.