County attorney Marcia Boris lobbied the county commissioners at the July 12 meeting to increase the pay for a new deputy attorney to make it better to attract and keep people in the position.
Sanders County Coalition For Families (SCCFF) and Limberlost Brewery on Wednesday hosted this year’s law enforcement appreciation Ceremony. Several law enforcement officers and a member of the Thompson Falls ambulance service were honored for their work with victims of domestic violence.
THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. (AP) â For a moment, the entire courtroom froze.
Judge Amy Eddy had spent the last several minutes winding her way through a painstakingly detailed explanation of her impending decision, touching on each argument she had been presented with while alternately glancing at prosecutors, defense attorneys and Rachel Ann Bellesen, the 37-year-old mother of four sitting stoically with the weight of the last seven months dangling over her head.
Then two heavy words knifed through the tension in the crowded room: âwith prejudice.â
When the power of those words eventually sunk in, Bellesen leaned back in her chair, opened her mouth wide and let out a long-stifled sigh, expelling much of the fear, anger and horror sheâd been carrying for the 229 days since she said she killed her ex-husband in self-defense.