Man convicted of Evergreen altercation

The Daily Inter Lake

An Evergreen-area man has been convicted of twice attacking a Flathead Drive resident during an argument over $10 before being driven off with a knife.

During a hearing Thursday in Flathead County District Court, Michael Anthony Mejak, 34, pleaded guilty by way of Alford plea to felony criminal endangerment.

According to court documents, deputies responded to a home in the 400 block of Flathead Drive in early September 2008 after receiving reports that Mejak had attacked a 50-year-old man living in a fifth-wheel camper on the property.

Investigators said Mejak, who went to the home to accuse the man of stealing $10, punched him in the head several times before head-butting him.

Mejak was asked to leave the property, but later returned and forced his way through the camper door in an attempt to attack him again, investigators said.

The 50-year-old man pulled a knife and cut Mejak, reportedly in self-defense.

Mejak, who was cut on his chest and head, was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center for stitches.

The other man suffered a cut on his eye and a nose broken in three places.

In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped burglary, aggravated assault and misdemeanor assault charges against Mejak.