The numbers are clear: no matter recent rains, continuing drought is making our fires grow quicker on the Fort Peck Reservation. The solution is using EVERY opportunity to reduce unwanted fires, if it rained the last few weeks or not. For 2021 as of May 21, 35 human- caused fires burned 1,143 acres on the Fort Peck Reservation. One April fire burned 849 acres burned. About half the last 20 years,

Kai Irwin Leigh Underdahl changed his plea to guilty on two counts during a hearing in district court on Tuesday, May 25. Underdahl made guilty pleas to two counts of criminal endangerment. One of the charges involved discharging a firearm during a vehicle chase. The other count involved chasing another vehicle. Three counts of assault with a weapon were dismissed. The charges pertain to

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department for May 24-30. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: May 26 Jaray Battiest, 25, male, 400 block of Dayton Street, burglary, tribal court. David Moran, 39, male, U.S. Highway 2 and Blaine Street, driving without a license, driving in violation

Christian Alexander Perez of Williston, N.D., made not guilty pleas for the charges of criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute and criminal possession of dangerous drugs in district court on Tuesday, May 25. An omnibus hearing was scheduled for June 16. The trial was scheduled for Aug. 12. If convicted of the possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute

A Wolf Point man who admitted he sexually abused a minor on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison and to seven years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson reported. Christopher George Follette, 33, pleaded guilty on Feb. 18 to sexual abuse of a minor as charged in an indictment. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris

Christopher Michael Lee Friede was sentenced for witness tampering during a hearing in district court on Tuesday, May 25. After Friede changed his plea to guilty on the charge, a pre-sentencing investigation took place. During the sentencing hearing, Kailee Anderson of probation and parole discussed possible programs available at Pine Hills if Friede violates probation conditions. The plan

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that two Culbertson residents and a Fairview man were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Jamie Leigh Gracey, 43, and Dwight Benjamin Boyce, 34, both

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of everyone incarcerated and persons booked into the jail during the previous week and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center this past week included: Robert Armstrong, 34, Wolf Point, weekender sentence.