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Suspect caught in Morony Dam beating
Posted: Jul 28, 2010 4:39 PM by Heath Heggem (KRTV-Great Falls)
Updated: Jul 29, 2010 9:53 AM
UPDATE: Cascade County officials announced on Wednesday afternoon that they have arrested Ross Roberts Habets in conection with the beating of Charles Stoner.
Roberts has been charged with felony aggravated assault.
Authorities said that they received a tip about the identity of the suspect through Crime Stoppers.
The Montana Correctional Offender Network lists the 39-year old Habets as having been convicted of felony aggravated assault in Teton County, and failure to register as a violent offender in Cascade County.
Details surrounding the assault have not yet been released.
The Cascade County Sheriff's Office is investigating what appears to be an unprovoked attack on a man who was fishing with his son near Morony Dam on Saturday.
A man approached Charles Stoner and started a conversation, and then attacked Stoner for no apparent reason.
Stoner suffered severe injuries to his head and face and will require reconstructive surgery.
Captain Ray Hitchcock of the Sheriff's office says there were several witnesses to the assault, but they appear to be friends of the suspect and provided misleading information about the name of the suspect.
Hitchcock did say investigators are following leads and hope to have an arrest in a few days.
The suspect is described as approximately 5'8", with a stocky build, brown hair, and a lightning bolt tattoo on his left shoulder.
If you have any information about the incident or the suspect, you are asked to call the Sheriff's office at 454-6848 or the Great Falls Police Department at 771-1180.
