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Plea deal rejected in arson death case

by SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER
Hagadone News Network | February 18, 2021 12:36 PM

The criminal case against a Kalispell man accused of killing his father in an arson fire last fall is in a state of flux after a judge opted to not follow a plea agreement Thursday.

Flathead County District Judge Amy Eddy told defendant Jason David Weldele, 42, his defense attorneys Liam Gallagher and Greg Rapkoch and deputy county prosecutor Andrew Clegg she wasn’t going to be bound by a plea agreement they had previously reached...

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