August 23, 2018 I The Lovell Chronicle I 5
Sheriff's Report
The Big Horn County Sheriffs Office struction zone on Highway 310, where a
received the following calls for the week of car rear-ended a truck after following too
Aug. 13 to Aug. 20: closely. A citation was issued. There were
Aug. 17: Deputies responded to a semi
-truck that accidentally drove down 14AE
and needed help turning around after the
vehicle overheated. Deputies blocked traf-
fic above and below the truck while the
driver turned the vehicle around.
Aug. 18: Deputies were called to the scene
of an accident that took place in the con-
no injuries reported.
Note: The calls listed above were re-
ceived by the Big Horn County Sheriffs Of-
rice. Persons arrested are presumed inno-
cent until proven guilty in a court of law,
and charges made upon initial arrest may
be amended or dismissed as determined by
the County Attorney.
Police Report
Window shot out by BB gun at local church.
The Lovell Police Department received Trailer Court after a juvenile was report-
the following calls for the week of Aug. 14 ed hitting her mother. Officers responded
to Aug. 20: and notified the Wyoming Family Services
Aug. 14" Lovell Police received a REDDI re- Department, who is currently working
port of a black Dodge Ram headed west
out of the Maverik store with the driver
possibly intoxicated. The juvenile operat-
ing the vehicle was later arrested by the
Powell Police Department.
Aug. 15: Vandalism was reported at the
Lovell Bible Church after a window on the
north Side of the building was shot out. A
pellet from a BB gun was later found when
the glass was cleaned. The case is under
investigation.
Aug. 17: Lovell Officers were called to Bair's
with the family.
Aug. 18: A black bear was spotted by an
officer outside the Main Street car wash.
Officers kept a close eye on the bear as it
worked its way northeast out of town. The
Game and Fish Department was notified.
Note: The calls listed above were received
by the LoveU Police Department. Persons ar-
rested are presumed innocent until proven
guilty in a court of law, ancl charges made
upon initial arrest may be amended or dis-
missed as determined by the County Attorney.
Cowley man pleads to DUI, traffic
violation and unlawful possession of marijuana
BY JESSICA ROBINSON
Tyler Harvey of Cow-
ley pleaded guilty to multi-
ple charges in Circuit Court
before Magistrate Randy
Royal on Monday.
Harvey had consumed
alcohol prior to the stop
and officers performed a
field sobriety test. The of-
ricer also had noticed that
Harvey was not maintain-
Harvey pleaded guilty ing a single lane of traf-
that afternoon to three tic. According to Harvey,
charges: 1) driving whilethe officer asked to search
under the influence of al- his car. Harvey said he told
cohol; 2) failure to maintain
a singular lane of travel,
and 3) unlawful possession
of marijuana.
The case started on the
evening of Aug. 19 when
Harvey was pulled over by
the Lovell Police Depart-
ment for speeding.
them no, but admitted that
there was some marijuana
within the car.
Magistrate Royal has
delayed sentencing for
Harvey so he can complete
a substance abuse evalua-
tion and is required to sub-
mit it to the court prior to
the hearing. He was also
released on a 51,000 signa-
ture bond and is required
to check in with the Big
Horn County Sheriffs Of-
rice twice a day as part of
his bond conditions.
Harvey faces a 5750
fine and/or six months in
jail for driving while under
the influence. This is Har-
vey's first offense.
He also faces a 5220
fine and/or 20 days in jail
for the failure to maintain
a single lane along with a
51,000 fine and/or one year
in jail for unlawful posses-
sion of marijuana.
BIRTHS
We are interested in printing the
births of North Big Horn County
babies. Please call and person-
ally report these births by con-
tacting the Lovell Chronicle at
307-548-2217.
Born to Kathernine Mad-
sen and Jeremy Wilson at
2018 Duane H. Homewood
Revocable Trust; $2, NE4
Sec. 29, T58N R97W.
Duane H. Homewood,
trustee of the Duane H.
Homewood Living Trust
U/D/T dated December 15,
1997, and Charlotte R Home-
wood Living Trust U/D/T
Big Horn County Sher-
iff to Wyoming Communi-
ty Development Authority;
Frannie Original Town, Lots
9, 10, Block 37.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Persons fined in the Lovell Mu-
nicipal Court before Judge Syl-
via Gams recently were:
Powell Valley Healthcare on dated December 15, 1997, to Speeding in a 30 mph zone:
Aug. 13, 2018, at 10:46 a.m Duane H. Homewood, trust-Mattieu M. Grossetete,
a baby boy, Kyrum Lee Wil- ee, Declaration of Trust,Naperville, Ill 33, 44 mph,
son, weighing6 lbs 12 oz. the 2018 Duane H. Home- S183.
MARRIAGES wood Revocable Trust; E2,Patrick Knorr, Bellevue,
Marriage license issued from
the Big Hom County Clerk's of-
fice recently was:
Christopher James Har-
wood and Roxanna Nicole
Massoudi, both of Greybull.
DEEDS
Warranty deeds issued from the
Big Hom County Clerk's office
recently were:
Luna Land and Cattle,
LLC to Ruben Luna; Lovell
Original Town, (Part) Lot 1,
Block 1.
S2NW4, NE4NW4 Sec. 29,
Lot 4, E2NE4 Sec. 30, Lot 5,
Sec. 31, T58N R97W.
Quitclaim deeds issued from
the Big Horn County Clerk's of-
rice recently were:
Frederick C.G. Zier and
Joan M. Zier to Michael Ball
and Faith Ball; Denver Orig-
inal Town, Lot 26, Block 36.
Correction from the county:
Laurence L. Pitt and Sid-
ney Z. Pitt to Daniel L. An-
derson and Meg M. Ander-
Duane H. Homewood, son;-(Part) Lot 58, NW4SE4
trustee of the Duane H. Sec. 14, T56N R96W.
Homewood Living Trust
U/D/T dated December 15,
1997, and Charlotte P. Home-
wood Living Trust U/D/T
dated December 15, 1997, to
Duane H. Homewood, trust-
ee, Declaration of Trust, the
Ronald A. Foote and
Arvedell Foote to Dawn
Mceachron; Denver Original
Town, Lots 16, 17, Block 62.
Sheriff's deed issued
from the Big Horn County
Clerk's office recently was:
Wash 46, 37 mph, $104.
CIRCUIT COURT
Persons fined in the Fifth Ju-
dicial Circuit Court in Big Horn
County before Judge Thomas
Harrington recently were:
Stephanie Ann Corbett,
born in 1964, arson: 3rd de-
gree - property $200 or
more, boundover; burglary,
bound over; property de-
struction: $1000 or more,
bound over.
Christopher S. Keele,
born in 1976, possession of
controlled narcotic sub-
stance - schedule I or II -
amount more than in par-
aphernalia, bound over;
wrongful taking or dispos-
ing of property; venue of
indictment - under $1000,
bound over.
Fire Department records show a mild fire season
BY RYAN FITZMAURICE is an example of the most Mangus said, neither is any
It's been a timid fire severe cases seen by thearea seeing the majority of
season this year in north- fire department in Northaccidents.
ern Big Horn County, butBig Horn county. A trac-"Its just cars hitting
car wrecks are far abovetor caught flame and end- other cars:' Mangus said.
average, according to fire ed up burning two acres of "Some people cant" drive"
captain Bob Mangus. surrounding crop. The re- Like the fires respond-
There have been just 32 sulting blazes were easily ed to, the majority of car
fires responded to by the contained, wrecks have also been
fire department in 2018, It's a stark contrast to minor.
resulting in fire calls being southern Big Horn Court-"We haven't had a ma-
just.40 percent of the inci- ty, where a forest fire near jor car wreck where we
dents the Lovell Fire De-Manderson devastated had to extricate some-
partment responds to. over 42,000 acres beforebody:' Mangus said. "Most
The small number of being contained. Sever- of them are just small
reported fires isn't due al Lovell Fire Department accidents."
to any anomalies in the volunteers took part in theThe other area with
weather, according to firefighting efforts to con- high incident numbers is
Mangus. Really, there's just rain the fire. responses to incidents of
one factor involved. While fires are low, car hazardous conditions that
"We've just been lucky, crash incidents have been primarily include instances
Lightning has been hitting
in the right spots;' Mangus
said. "I've had years where
we'd have 32 fires just in
April:'
high this year, according to such as gas leaks, downed
Mangus, with the depart- power lines and other dan-
ment responding to 22 cargerous circumstances
accident scenes, nearly 28 without a fire present.
percent of all incidents this Lovell firefighters have
,The. fires that have :ig " : responded ::to ltg,: incidergs
? 4 :.: :: nited have: gauged minimal;::: .::;, :Tiae ,emrren -:c4mstruc,: :: overatl::that :fit the categb-
. damage as well, accordingtion on highways,310 has ry, with nineofthoSe in,i-
to Mangus. An incident onhad little to do with thedents caused by the hail-
Highway 14A near Byron increased accident rate, storm on July 26.
BY RYAN FffZMAURICE an increase in responsible staffed and everyone is up
" A substantial decrease driving by residents in the to speed, that's something TWO more found dead followin boat crash
in the .amount of revenue city. we're going to look at"
brought in from 'citations While revenue from ci- The Lovell Police De- BY NYAN FWZMAURICE. vor of the crash. LudwickThere is no pollution con-
within the Town of Lovellrations has decreased, the partment has seen a 100 A multiple day search was found on the lakeshore cern, as the boat remains
indicates a new policing volume of traffic has re- percent turnover rate in at Big Horn Lake ended last Aug. 11 and was transferred submerged, Fleming said.
philosophy, accordingto mained consistent within the police department Friday after two Billings to St. Vincent Healthcare inA team of 25 people
men were found dead fol- Billings last week. made up the six-day search
town officials - one more Lovell. The Wyoming De- since August of 2017, Neb- lowing a boat crash on Aug. The cause of the crash, effort, which consisted
heavily focused on law en- partment of Transporta- el noted.
forcement investigations, tion said that an estimated "This will definitely af- llth. which involved no other of the National Park Ser-
Revenue brought in average of 4,974 vehiclesfect the amount of cita- According to a press watercraft, is still under in- vice's Submerged Resourc-
from citations has seen an per day travelled through tions due to training andrelease from the Bighorn vestigation and no details, es Center Team, a group of
83 percent decrease since Lovell in 2010. That hum- experience" Nebel said. Canyon Recreation Area, are available for release, rescue divers and search
2014. 572,023 was verier- ber stands at 4,509 vehi- Revenue from cita- the body of Nathan Kel- Christy Fleming, nation-dogs.
ated from citations in 2011. cles in 2017. tions is added to the den- ly, 36, of Billings, had been al recreation area spokes- Both Kelly and Chris-
That figure has decreased Town Administrator eral fund, Nebel said, and recovered after divers lo- woman said. The accidenttian Scoville were initially
every year since, with Jed Nebel cited several the decrease in revenue cared both the remains ofoccurred at 9:26 p.m. Aug. located by a scan conduct-
.$39,746 generated in 2015, reasons why citation rev- from citations has not had the boat and Kelly's body11 on the lake near Day ed by a Remote Operating
S19,704 in 2016 and $12,338 enue has decreased. The an adverse effect on the submerged within the lakeBoard 7, seven miles south Vehicle. Divers later re-
being collected in 2017. first and foremost reason, city budget. Wednesday. of Yellowtail Dam. The trieved the remains from
Revenues from ci- he said, was a returned fo-Nick Lewis, who Divers located the body bodies and the boat re- the lake.
rations are the lowest custo community policing, served as Police Chief of Christian Scoville, 35, of mains were found in that Both bodies were
they've been in a 10 -year 'No one gets a teddy from 2000 until 2016, said Billings, submerged within approximate area, accord- turned over to Big Horn,
period, accord!ng to city bear because they wrote although citation revenuethe lake two days later on ing to Fleming. Montana, County Coroner
data. In 1998, 821,367 was the most tickets" Nebel was up under his watch Friday. Fleming said the Na- Terry Bullis, Fleming said.
brought in from citations, said. "It's a change in phi- that doesn't mean other The body of Tammy tional Park Service is de- The lake reopened a/-
but that figure remained losophy. We're big aboutinvestigations were beingScoville, 59, of Billings, was termining a way to recov- ter multiple days of closure
above 830,000 every year building a community neglected. There were also recovered from the water er the remains of the boat on Friday at 9 p.m. Fleming
since until 2016. partnership. We're big into no quotas mandated in hison Aug. 12. at a later date, but a specif- said there are no plans to
According to Police community policing. We department. But, Lewis 63-year-old Robert ic time for that effort has close the lake for extricat-
Chief Dan Laffin, it's an im- have more of an investi-said, often traffic enforce- Ludwick is the sole survi- not yet been determined,ing efforts at a later date.
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proper metric from which gation focus now. We are
to evaluate the efforts of prioritizing our efforts.
his police force. It is not "That doesn't mean
the department's job to that people breaking the
ment was one of his offi-
cers best tools
"If you're prioritizing
drugs, you should prob-
ably actually step up the
traffic stops;' Lewis said.
But Nebel said a lack of "There are a lot of ways
bring in cash for the city. law in speed zones are
"We are not a reve- getting away with it'
officers in the past might to work drugs, but that's,a
also be part of the expla- great way to work drugs.
nation. While the depart- Lewis said many of the
drug cases his officers in-
vestigated originated from
traffic stops where offi-
cers were able to find nar-
cotics, or smell marijuana,
from a pulled-over vehicle.
merit is near fully staffed
now, in recent years the
department has been un-
derstaffed, causing the
town to forego applying
for grants from the De-
nue generating machine,
we are a law enforcement
agency:' Laffin said. "We
don't have any quotas"
The Lovell Police De-
partment has shifted their
focus, Laffin said, to nar-
cotic and other serious
criminal investigations.
"My vision of where
the department is head-
ing is one where we are a
premiere law enforcement
agency:' Laffin said.
Still, Laffin said, traf-
partment of Transporta- More than that though,
tion which wouldpay the Lewis said traffic enforce-
overtime of an officer fo- ment was an important
cusing on traffic patrol, way to keep his depart-
The city applied for ment proactive.
tic enforcement remains and received the "speed
a critical task for Lovell grants" commonly until
officers, two years ago, Nebel said.
"The problem is if
someone is parked im-
properly, someone is go-
ing to pull away from that
curb, not check their mir-
rors, they're going to hit
somebody, run over a
kid on a bike. And then
guess what's going to hap-
pen? You're going to start
enforcing parking;' Lew-
is said
Recently, Lovell hasn't had
an officer to spare.
"Once we get ful-
ly staffed, I'm sure that's
something we're going to
look at:' Nebel said. (There
are times in the year)
where there is a lot more
"We continue to con-
duct patrol operations
daily" Laffin said. "Traf-
fic enforcement is a cru-
cial concern for us and the
safety of our citizens."
Laffin said there has
been "no reduction" in
traffic enforcement and
instead said there has been
traffic coming through
Lovell. Once we're fully
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