A 35-year-old Kalispell man has been sentenced to five years in
prison for trying to run over several people after being kicked
out of a bar. Zachariha Dawson was charged after intentionally
driving his car at three people in the parking lot of Paddy's
Touchdown Lounge on March 29. He had been kicked out of the bar
for causing trouble after bartenders quit serving him alcohol.
The Daily Inter Lake reports (http://bit.ly/UVLpRb) Dawson was
sentenced Thursday on two counts of felony criminal endangerment
and ordered to pay just over $15,000 in restitution. A bartender
and poker dealer told police that after a woman rejected
Dawson's sexual advances, Dawson sped toward the three, forcing
them to jump out of the way. Dawson said he was grateful no one
was injured.