PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG
March 27 through April 3, 2025

FYI:

All fingerprints that are needed for CWPs, schools, licensing or anything else are done from 9am to

NOON every Wednesday.

Our Facebook page does give reports of scams and other important information as needed to get to the public.

Concealed Weapon Permits:

New and renewal applications for Concealed Weapon Permits may be picked up at the Sheriff’s Office anytime.

Once approved, you will be contacted to come in on Wednesday between 9 AM and noon for

fingerprints and photographs.

**NOTE ON NEWS REPORTS: It should be noted that items listed in the news log start at 1400 hours the first day through

1400 hours the final day because of reporting periods.

March 27, 2025

4:32pm          Female requested law enforcement assistance with threats employees received from

                       the caller’s husband; Deputy responded; situation taken care of without further incident.

6:07pm          Female reported two dogs running loose on Hwy 191 S near the canal bridge; owner later located.

6:55pm          Deputy performed a traffic stop which led to one adult male, Dane Dvorshak, being transported

                       to PCSO to be incarcerated in PCSO Jail on a Probation Violation charge; case file started.

March 28, 2025

12:22am        Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Malta area.

10:00am        Male reported theft of medications; Deputy responded; case file started.

4:08pm          Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Saco and Hwy 2 east areas.

4:51pm          Female reported receiving a counterfeit bill as payment; Deputy responded; case file started.

5:46pm          Male reported an erratic vehicle on Hwy 2, westbound, toward Malta; Deputies and K9

                       Unit responded; vehicle located, stopped and driver detained; case file started.

7:20pm          Male given a one night stay and a meal voucher through the local Ministerial Assistance. 

            8:31pm         Deputy performed security checks at the Malta High School.

10:56pm        Deputy received a report of a Protection Order Violation at a Malta tavern; case file started.

11:03pm        Deputy transported one adult male, David Kaasa, to PCSO to be incarcerated in PCSO

                       Jail on a Protection Order violation charge.

March 29, 2025

12:31am        Deputies performed building and residential security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.

12:33am        Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Malta area.

1:29am          Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Saco, Sleeping Buffalo and

                       Hwy 2 east areas.

10:01pm        911 received reporting a possible situation in a Malta hotel parking lot; Deputies responded;

                       situation resolved without further incident.

10:20pm        911 received requesting an ambulance for a female having chest pain at a Saco residence;

                       EMT Crew responded; patient transported to the PC Hospital.

11:09pm        Male reported a one vehicle accident on Hwy 2, east of Malta; Deputies, Malta FD & EMT Crew

                       responded; MHP Trooper also responded; case file started; patient transported to the PC Hospital.

March 30, 2025

4:52am          Anonymous reported a possible assault situation at a Malta apartment; Sheriff responded;

                       situation found to be a false report.

12:13pm        Glasgow Hospital employee requested a welfare check on a male at a Malta residence;

                       Sheriff responded; male located and was okay.

3:36pm          Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Malta area.

7:11pm          Deputy released one adult male, Dane Dvorshak, from PCSO Jail on time served.

8:32pm          Ft Belknap LE requested PCSO assistance with locating a male involved in a Partner/Family

                       Member Assault and was possibly in Zortman area; Deputies responded; male not located.

10:44pm        Deputies performed building and residential security checks in the Zortman and Hwy 191 south areas.

March 31, 2025

12:16am        Deputies performed building and residential security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.

            9:32am         Female reported a computer scam.

9:38am          Male filed a written complaint about a family member making threats to the caller;

                       Sheriff handled.

9:44am          Female reported suspicious activity that occurred days prior at the caller’s residence;

                       Sheriff handled.

            2:00pm         Undersheriff performed a civil standby at a Malta residence.

4:14pm          Female requested law enforcement assistance with a situation involving juveniles;

                       Deputies responded; situation found to involve Dept of Child and Family Services

                       and removal of the juveniles.

5:16pm          Deputies performed building and residential security checks in the Saco, Sleeping Buffalo

                       and Hwy 2 east areas.

6:33pm          Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Malta area.

8:12pm          Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2

                       west areas.

10:34pm        Deputies transported one adult male, Dakota Nelson, to PCSO to be incarcerated in PCSO

                       Jail on a Lincoln Co SO warrant and a Custer Co SO warrant; case file started.

April 1, 2025

12:54am        Deputies transported one adult male, Dakota Nelson, from PCSO Jail to Valley Co Detention

                       Center to serve time.

3:10am          Deputies performed a welfare check on a vehicle parked alongside of Hwy 2, west of Saco;

                       all found to be okay, driver stopped to rest.

4:22am          Sheriff performed building and residential security checks in the Port of Morgan, Loring and

                       Hwy 191 north areas.

9:10am          US Border Patrol Agent requested PCSO assistance with a missing juvenile that was located;

                       Sheriff responded; juvenile transported to the PCSO and held with a Hi-Line Child Advocacy

                       Center employee until the parents arrived in Malta from Minnesota; case file started.

9:27am          MHP Dispatch reported a traffic complaint received about a westbound vehicle driving erratically

                       on Hwy 2, toward Saco; Undersheriff responded.

9:34am          911 received reporting a small grass fire the caller had just put out; caller advised the fire

                       started by a vehicle losing a tire, just east of Saco on Hwy 2; Undersheriff responded; vehicle

                       found to have been in a crash and was the erratic vehicle complaint MHP called about;

                       no injuries to the occupants; MT Dept of Child & Family Services caseworker

                       responded to the scene; MHP handled the crash.

11:24am        Undersheriff transported one male involved in the above crash to the Malta Depot to

                       catch a ride on Amtrak.

11:24am        MHP Trooper transported one adult female, Shyla Beston, to PCSO to be incarcerated in

                       PCSO Jail on DUI-1st, Criminal Child Endangerment-Felony, Seatbelt Violation, Fail to

                       Have Child under 6yo & less than 60lbs Properly Restrained, and Fail to Carry Proof

                       of Insurance charges.

12:05pm        Female reported a vehicle almost causing wrecks on Hwy 2, east of Malta; Undersheriff responded;

                      vehicle located and was parked.

12:13pm        911 received reporting a possible intruder at the caller’s residence in Dodson; Sheriff and

                       Undersheriff responded; case file started; no one located in the residence.

1:16pm          Undersheriff reported a large plume of black smoke south of Dodson; Undersheriff

                       advised it was a reported controlled burn.

3:31pm          911 received reporting a fire, near structures, east of Malta; Sheriff responded; fire found

                       to be an unreported controlled burn.

3:39pm          Female reported two males in her residence she previously reported as burglarized in

                       Dodson; Sheriff handled the call.           

            7:31pm        Deputy performed building and residential security checks in

 the Malta area.

9:25pm          Hi-Line Child Advocacy Center employee reported the juvenile had taken off from the

                       PC Courthouse; Sheriff, Deputies, local Fish & Game Wardens, local MHP Trooper and

                       local Border Patrol Agent responded; Ft Belknap LE, Blaine Co SO, Valley Co SO, Fergus

                       Co SO advised; juvenile later located by Fergus Co SO and returned to their

                       parents later in the morning.

9:30pm          Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.

10:35pm        Deputy performed building and residential security checks in the Nelson Reservoir,

                       Sleeping Buffalo, Saco and Hwy 2 east areas.

11:00pm        Sheriff performed building and residential security checks in the Hwy 191 south, Zortman,

                       and Landusky areas.

11:03pm        Fergus Co SO reported the missing runaway juvenile had been located and was in

                       their custody; Sheriff responded; juvenile later returned to parents.

April 2, 2025

7:19am          911 received requesting an ambulance for a family member that may have passed

                       away in Wagner; Undersheriff and local EMT Crew responded; ambulance

                        later canceled; coroner case file started.

10:07am        Simply Safe reported a residential burglar alarm at a Malta residence; Undersheriff and

                       residential owner responded; all found to be okay, just tripped by the family cat.

12:52pm        Female reported a suspicious vehicle on her property in south Phillips Co; Undersheriff responded.

5:21pm          Female reported two juveniles carrying what appeared to be cans of beer on a Malta street;

                       Deputy responded; juveniles not located.

9:16pm          Deputy performed residential security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.

9:53pm          911 received requesting an ambulance on Route 8; local EMT Crew responded; Ft Belknap

                       Ambulance later responded as the jurisdiction was theirs.

April 3, 2025

1:03am          Deputy reported a suspicious vehicle parked in a residential/downtown area in Malta;

                       driver advised he stopped to rest; Deputy advised the driver of Trafton Park and to head over there.

2:01pm          Undersheriff served as a civil standby for a male getting property from his residence.