POLSON — A Lake County
detention officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after his arrest
over the weekend.
Undersheriff Dan Yonkin said
the officer was arrested after someone shot at a street sign in Sanders County.
He faces a charge of
misdemeanor negligent endangerment.
Yonkin says an internal
investigation is underway.
Yonkin says another jailer, who
was placed on paid leave on March 11, returned to work a week later. That
officer was placed on leave after Polson police responded to a noise complaint
at his residence and found a number of intoxicated people under the age of 21.
Yonkin says two other people,
including the detention officer’s roommate, likely will be charged with
providing alcohol to minors. He says an investigation cleared the officer of
any wrongdoing.
John Geer