Motorist suspected of gunplay given deferred sentence

A man suspected of aiming a handgun at another motorist while stopped at a U.S. 2 intersection in October earned a deferred sentence in Flathead County District Court earlier this year.

Prosecutors initially brought Austin Thomas Gomon, 22, up on a felony count of assault with a weapon following his Oct. 5 arrest in Kalispell. Gomon, who initially maintained his innocence, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor negligent endangerment Jan. 31 after taking a deal.

Judge Robert Allison, who presided over the case, handed down a deferred two-year sentence the same day.