( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Sept. 28-Oct. 4. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Sept. 28 Helen Martin, 60, female, 300 block of Main Street, theft - shoplifting, tribal court. Sept. 30 Timothy Pederson, 60, male, criminal trespass to property and disorderly conduct, 400 block of Blaine

Gov. Greg Gianforte has tapped Larry Flynn to take over as director of the Montana Department of Transportation after Chris Dorrington left the agency’s top spot on Oct. 1. MDT is responsible for construction and maintenance of the state’s transportation infrastructure, including state highways, railroads and airports. The agency has about 2,000 employees and a $1 billion annual budget.

Jauron Laurenz Cox of Redford, Mich., was sentenced during one of the hearings in Roosevelt County District Court on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Cox was sentenced to serve two years in the Montana State Prison for criminal possession with the intent to distribute meth and received a fouryear deferred sentence for criminal possession of fentanyl. A joint recommendation by attorneys had the sentences to

A change of plea hearing and arraignments were among the business in Roosevelt County District Court in front of District Judge Benjamin Fosland on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Lori Jo Lynn Grey Bear changed her plea to guilty for the charge of possession of dangerous drugs. She admitted that on March 10 that she was in a vehicle and was in possession of meth. Fosland ordered a pre-sentencing investigation.