A Polson man dealing with expenses for forgery and housebreaking has additionally been accused of drug possession in Flathead County.
Matthew Logan Semsak, 32, was arrested Friday, July 17 on a warrant for one felony rely of felony possession of harmful medication. He later was launched on his personal recognizance.
In response to the charging paperwork, two officers from the Flathead County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to the intersection of Ashley Drive and Sunnyside Drive in Kalispell on July four to help Kalispell Cops with a welfare test.
The officers noticed a car stopped at a cease signal with a person within the driver’s seat together with his head on the steering wheel. Officers recognized him as Semsak.
After being learn his Miranda rights, Semsak allegedly agreed to talk with officers. Officers reported Semsak signed a kind giving permission to look the car and he allegedly stated there was heroin and meth inside.
In response to the courtroom doc, when officers searched the car, they discovered hypodermic needles, a spoon with residue, a brown substance which gave the impression to be heroin and a white crystal substance which gave the impression to be methamphetamine.
The substances had been despatched to the Montana State Crime Lab. A report indicated the white substance was meth.
He faces a most of 5 years within the Montana State Jail.
Semsak’s arraignment on the drug cost is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, July 30.
Within the two earlier instances, authorities additionally stated Semsak cast a number of checks and unlawfully used bank cards which didn’t belong to him.
In response to the felony grievance in opposition to Semsak, a girl spoke with a Kalispell Police Division officer on June 20, 2019, to report the fraudulent use of her checks and bank card. She reported her purse, checks, and bank card had been stolen from her automotive whereas it was parked in Polson.
The girl reported the theft and was notified her bank card and checks had been being utilized in Polson and Kalispell. She stated there have been unauthorized expenses in 4 Flathead County shops. The quantity totaled $1,910.26.
The officer reviewed surveillance video from three of the shops and noticed Semsak allegedly making the purchases. He additionally had video of a person utilizing the girl’s bank card at a retailer in Kalispell July 5, 2019, for gadgets totaling $505.99.
Then, on Aug. 20, 2019, a Kalispell Police detective spoke with Semsak. He allegedly informed the investigator a person named Mac Davis took a handbag out of an open window of a Dodge parked close to the marina in Polson. Semsak allegedly admitted to creating among the purchases, but additionally stated he was made to do it by Davis.
The detective stated Semsak didn’t inform him the place he might discover Davis and Semsak didn’t have permission from the girl to make use of her bank card.
In one other incident, Semsak is accused of stealing a variety of gadgets from a Kalispell residence.
The sufferer referred to as the Flathead County Sheriff’s Workplace July 7, 2019, to report the housebreaking. He stated when he returned dwelling to seek out his checkbook, cash, chainsaw and different gadgets lacking from inside his Willow Glen dwelling.
The sufferer stated he was away from dwelling the earlier night time. Whereas there didn’t look like any signal of pressured entry, a hidden key gave the impression to be in a special location.
The sufferer additionally stated he had a name from a enterprise in Spokane asking permission to cash a $300 test from Matthew.
In response to the charging doc, Matthew was described as shorter, scruffy trying with a flat billed hat. The sufferer didn’t give authority to cash the test and believed Matt was Matthew Semsak.
Then, on Aug. 7, 2019, a Sheriff’s Workplace investigator spoke with Semsak. The accused stated he was once associates with the sufferer however was upset with him and allegedly went into the sufferer’s dwelling with out permission and stole a checkbook.
Semsak additionally stated he tried to cash a test at a Spokane enterprise and at a bank in Evergreen, in keeping with the courtroom doc.
Semsak faces a complete of most time period of 23 years within the Montana State Jail on the forgery and housebreaking expenses.
