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Sirens & Gavels archive for Dec. 4, 2012

TUESDAY, DEC. 4, 2012

Idaho fugitive well-known to Montana sheriff

Powell County Sheriff Scott Howard needs no refresher course on 57-year-old Mitchell L. Walck after overseeing a standoff about 11 years ago in western Montana that led to Walck’s arrest for shooting at his deputies. Howard also remembers the death threats he received from Walck…

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Crackdown on illegal firearms possession

Two gun-toting North Idaho men prohibited from possessing firearms because of prior criminal records are headed to prison. George J. Bondurant, 35, of Bonners Ferry, was ordered Monday to serve 10 months in prison after a shotgun was found in the backseat of his car…

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