Poplar Police Chief Chad Hilde was arrested on drug charges Tuesday for allegedly growing marijuana plants in the barn near his rural Culbertson home.
Roosevelt County Sheriff's deputies arrested Hilde at his home, according to a news release. He is charged with one felony count of criminal production or manufacture of dangerous drugs, and one misdemeanor count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs.
Hilde was arraigned before Judge Bruce Waldhausen in Culbertson, and was released after posting $10,000 bond. A dispatcher at the Poplar Police Department said Monday that Hilde was on administrative leave. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted on the felony charge.
Poplar is a town of about 1,000 residents on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
An affidavit filed by acting Roosevelt County Attorney Steven Howard in Roosevelt County District Court on Tuesday morning provides more details into the allegations against Hilde.
A female runaway told Roosevelt County Sheriff's Deputy Matt Wallace on July 30 that Hilde had a marijuana plant growing in his barn, and that Hilde told her it was for medical purposes, according to an affidavit.
Later that day deputies went to Hilde's home north of Culbertson, where Hilde refused to allow them to search his barn, the affidavit states.
While deputies waited for a search warrant, Hilde showed them a copy of Kristopher Boyd's medical marijuana card and a form requesting that Terry Boyd become Kristofer Boyd's caregiver. Hilde's relationship to Kristofer and Terry Boyd, including why he had the documents, wasn't disclosed in court documents. Roosevelt County Sheriff Freedom Crawford said the Boyds weren't related to Hilde, but declined to elaborate on their relationship.
An official at the Montana State Division of Quality Assurance Licensure Bureau told Roosevelt County Criminal Investigator Tierra Erwin on July 30 that Hilde isn't licensed under the state's medical marijuana law as either a patient or caregiver, court documents state.
Erwin also learned that Terry Boyd isn't a medical marijuana patient or caregiver, and that Kristofer Boyd has a medical marijuana patient card, court documents state.
Deputies then executed a search warrant on Hilde's property, where deputies found eight marijuana plants growing, as well as marijuana seeds, and growing instructions and tools commonly used to grow and distribute marijuana, court documents state.
According to Montana law, licensed medical marijuana patients can grow their own marijuana — up to six plants — and possess up to one ounce of dried marijuana. Patients also can designate a caregiver to grow the marijuana for them.
In a separate case, Hilde still faces charges related to the alleged illegal killing of four moose on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in July 2008.
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Roosevelt County Sheriff's deputies arrested Hilde at his home, according to a news release. He is charged with one felony count of criminal production or manufacture of dangerous drugs, and one misdemeanor count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs.
Hilde was arraigned before Judge Bruce Waldhausen in Culbertson, and was released after posting $10,000 bond. A dispatcher at the Poplar Police Department said Monday that Hilde was on administrative leave. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted on the felony charge.
Poplar is a town of about 1,000 residents on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
An affidavit filed by acting Roosevelt County Attorney Steven Howard in Roosevelt County District Court on Tuesday morning provides more details into the allegations against Hilde.
A female runaway told Roosevelt County Sheriff's Deputy Matt Wallace on July 30 that Hilde had a marijuana plant growing in his barn, and that Hilde told her it was for medical purposes, according to an affidavit.
Later that day deputies went to Hilde's home north of Culbertson, where Hilde refused to allow them to search his barn, the affidavit states.
While deputies waited for a search warrant, Hilde showed them a copy of Kristopher Boyd's medical marijuana card and a form requesting that Terry Boyd become Kristofer Boyd's caregiver. Hilde's relationship to Kristofer and Terry Boyd, including why he had the documents, wasn't disclosed in court documents. Roosevelt County Sheriff Freedom Crawford said the Boyds weren't related to Hilde, but declined to elaborate on their relationship.
An official at the Montana State Division of Quality Assurance Licensure Bureau told Roosevelt County Criminal Investigator Tierra Erwin on July 30 that Hilde isn't licensed under the state's medical marijuana law as either a patient or caregiver, court documents state.
Erwin also learned that Terry Boyd isn't a medical marijuana patient or caregiver, and that Kristofer Boyd has a medical marijuana patient card, court documents state.
Deputies then executed a search warrant on Hilde's property, where deputies found eight marijuana plants growing, as well as marijuana seeds, and growing instructions and tools commonly used to grow and distribute marijuana, court documents state.
According to Montana law, licensed medical marijuana patients can grow their own marijuana — up to six plants — and possess up to one ounce of dried marijuana. Patients also can designate a caregiver to grow the marijuana for them.
In a separate case, Hilde still faces charges related to the alleged illegal killing of four moose on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in July 2008.
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... I would normally say that he'd get off with a slap on the wrist but killing that moose is probably whats gonna F'em over. That's what he gets for breaking the #1 rule: Your grow is on a need to know basis and NOBODY needs to know. That little runnaway jezebel is what got his hands stuck in the cookie jar. Learn from this man's mistake people.
