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The following is a press release by Sheriff Jerry Lytle of the Phillips County Sheriff's Office in regards to the incident in Zortman last Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 0823 hours, the Phillips County Sheriff's Office received a phone call from a female reporting that a friend in the Zortman area had called her reporting that her house was on fire. The dispatcher made several phone calls to confirm this but there did not appear to be a fire in that area. A short time later, dispatch received a 9-1-1 call from the...
Greetings my fellow Phillips County citizens, I've been asked various questions regarding the public safety mill levy and the common themes are, "What am I getting for my money'?", and, "I never see a patrol vehicle drive by my residence. Why is this?" The answer to the first question is simple. Your public safety mill levy dollars pay for a dispatcher, sitting in a chair, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, awaiting your emergency or non-emergency phone call. The money also pays for the equipment (i.e. phone systems, radio...
If you've been following our Phillips County Sheriff's Office Facebook page or saw my letter in the Phillips County News recently, you'll know the dire situation at your Sheriff's Office. I was overwhelmed by the public support of the Sheriff's Office, as well as the phone calls and letters of support the County Commissioners received in response to my letter explaining the current situation the Sheriff's Office was facing. With the Commissioners Generous help, we were able to balance the Sheriff's Office fiscal year 2025 budget and offer a...
The following press release was sent to the Phillips County News from Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle on Thursday afternoon. On Thursday, June 6, 2024, members of the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office along with Probation & Parole, the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal lnvestigation, and the Montana Highway Patrol assisted a Texas Ranger in the service of an arrest warrant out of Texas for a homicide which took place in 1984. Dodson resident Gordon Parsons was taken into custody without incident shortly after 11 a.m. at t...
The following press release was sent to the Phillips County News from Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle on Thursday afternoon. On Thursday, June 6, 2024, members of the Phillips County Sheriff's Office along with Probation & Parole, the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal lnvestigation, and the Montana Highway Patrol assisted a Texas Ranger in the service of an arrest warrant out of Texas for a homicide which took place in 1984. Dodson resident Gordon Parsons was taken into custody without incident shortly after 11 a.m. at the...
The following is a Press Release by Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle submitted to the PCN on Monday, April 29. On Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 7:39 PM, Phillips County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to an address South of Saco for a person who had been shot. The suspect was reported to be still armed and threatened that anyone coming into the yard would get shot. Deputies and ambulance personnel responded to the scene. The suspect was confronted, resulting in a pursuit. During the pursuit, the suspect rammed his vehicle into a d...
On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at approximately 2337 hours, Phillips County Sheriff's Office dispatch received a mutual aid request from Blaine County for a vehicle pursuit headed towards Phillips County on US 2. The request stated the suspect vehicle was traveling at speeds over 100 miles per hour. The occupants of the vehicle were suspected of transporting drugs. Phillips County deputies prepared to deploy spike strips at Dodson but the pursuit did not make it to that location and the vehicle was lost by the pursuing deputies. Law enforcement...
At 8: 30 PM on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, a Malta Elementary School faculty member received an email with a vague message and a threat that a bomb had been placed in the school. The email was immediately reported to the Phillips County Sheriff's Office and the FBI was notified. Sheriff Jerry Lytle and examined the suspicious email. It appeared there were multiple recipients. Sheriff Lytle, Undersheriff Robinson and three deputies conducted a search of the Malta Elementary School as well as the Malta High School. No suspicious items were...
On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at approximately 2337 hours, Phillips County Sheriff's Office dispatch received a mutual aid request from Blaine County for a vehicle pursuit headed towards Phillips County on US 2. The request stated the suspect vehicle was traveling at speeds over 100 miles per hour. The occupants of the vehicle were suspected of transporting drugs. Phillips County deputies prepared to deploy spike strips at Dodson but the pursuit did not make it to that location and the vehicle was lost by the pursuing deputies. Law enforcement...
On Tuesday, August 15, 2023, shortly before 8:00 P.M., the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suicidal male firing a weapon in his residence near the intersection of South 8th Street and Central Avenue in Malta, MT. The reporting party also stated there was an adult female in the residence with the subject and that all known firearms had been removed from the residence prior to contacting law enforcement. Sheriff’s Office personnel were called out to deal with the situation. An outer perimeter was established around the...
Throughout a law enforcement officer's career, he or she may be called upon to set aside their safety in order to save another person's life. Such an incident took place on the evening of July 9, 2023. Phillips County Deputy Sheriff Matthew Roberts responded to a disturbance at Nelson Reservoir at approximately 11:50 P.M. and found a juvenile female in the water 75 yards off-shore. It was apparent to Deputy Roberts that the girl was struggling to stay above water. Without hesitation, Deputy...
People of Malta and Phillips County Residents Greetings citizens of Malta and Phillips County. As you peruse the Malta City Council meeting minutes in the Phillips County News issue dated July 19, 2023, I'm sure you noticed, as I did, the displeasure stated by Council members in regards to the services they are receiving from the Phillips County Sheriff's Office. I'd like to address some of the issues that were brought up in the article. I believe in total transparency with the community and...
On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, Donald Haseagle was reported missing from the Fort Belknap Reservation. A search was initiated and continued on the Reservation from that time. On Saturday, April 15, 2023, Haseagle's vehicle was located stuck in the mud on Savoy Road approximately 5 miles west of Dodson, MT. The search was redirected to this location and continued into Sunday, April 16. Among the searchers were Haseagle's friends and family members, volunteer members of the Fort Belknap Reservation community, Fort Belknap Tribal Police, Montana Fish...
An unplanned inconvenience was experienced by several of our south residents as a small portion of Content Road was temporarily closed yesterday and you folks deserve an explanation. Old, unstable mining explosives were discovered at a residence just south of Malta on US 191.EOD personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base were called in to destroy the explosives. Because of the unstableness of the explosives in question, it was necessary to find a location as near to the location the explosives were found in order to not transport them farther...
On Saturday, May 14, 2022, at approximately 1640 hours, Phillips County Sheriff's Office dispatch received multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting a vehicle running over a person near 904 South Central Avenue in Malta, MT. Deputies and EMT personnel responded to that location and found a male victim with severe lacerations and road rash over the upper half of his body. The suspect vehicle had left the area after the incident. Information was received at the scene that a vehicle commonly driven by Daniel Luton of Malta, MT, was the suspect vehicle. A...
On Sunday, April 24, 2022, at 0054 hours, Phillips County Dispatch received a call reporting a domestic disturbance in which the victim was attacked by her boyfriend who was wielding a knife and threatening to kill her at a residence in Dodson, MT. Phillips County deputies Matthews, and Has The Eagle responded and were advised the suspect had barricaded himself in a Winnebago on the property. Sheriff Jerry Lytle was notified and contacted Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer, requesting the joint Valley County Sheriff's Office/Glasgow Police...