The Missoula County Legal professional’s Workplace charged 19 new felony complaints this week. Nevertheless, County Legal professional Kirsten Pabst stated a few of these expenses weren’t in custody expenses.
“Within the administrative crimes class, we charged one obstructing a peace officer or public servant case,” Pabst stated. “Within the drug class, we charged three new felony circumstances. One was a possession of meth and heroin. In one other, the defendant was charged with possession of meth. He allegedly dropped a baggie and had one other baggie protruding of his pocket in plain view. He had yet one more baggie on his particular person when he was booked into the jail.”
Within the third drug case, the defendant was charged with possession of meth after being stopped for a suspected shoplifting on the mall.
“Within the property crimes class, we have been getting caught up and charged six new circumstances,” Pabst stated. “Nearly all of these have been theft circumstances. There have been a pair felony mischief circumstances and a theft of labor or providers case. Within the endangerment crimes class, we charged 4 new felony circumstances and two of these have been felony DUI circumstances.”
There was additionally a felony endangerment case that concerned fleeing or eluding a peace officer. In that case, the defendant allegedly stole a automobile and led police on a high-speed chase.
Pabst stated her workplace additionally charged 5 new circumstances that concerned some type of violence.
“Three of these have been interpersonal violence circumstances,” Pabst stated. “One was a companion or member of the family assault. In one other, we charged assault with a weapon, aggravated housebreaking, and companion or member of the family assault. In that case, the defendant allegedly hit, bit, and tried to kick the sufferer within the groin because the sufferer was defending himself. When the sufferer tried to talk to her, she allegedly grabbed a sword and struck him with the sword.”
Pabst stated it was a busy week for her workplace, however she stated quite a lot of it was getting caught up on some backlog.