Malta man arrested after suspicion of Criminal Endangerment

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 deputy drove to Luton's residence to make contact and...