Man suspected of pointing gun at homeless people earns deferred sentence

A man accused of threatening a group of homeless people along Kalispell’s Parkline Trail with a gun last fall earned a deferred sentence in Flathead County District Court earlier this month.

Prosecutors initially brought Charles Michael Wilson, 31, up on a felony assault with a weapon charge following the alleged Oct. 19 confrontation near where the trail runs above Woodland Park. He pleaded not guilty at his Nov. 16 arraignment before Judge Robert Allison. 

But after striking a deal with prosecutors on Feb. 6, Wilson pleaded guilty to an amended charge of misdemeanor assault. Allison handed down the one-year deferred sentence that same day. Allison also gave Wilson credit for two days of time served and ordered him to undergo 40 hours of anger management classes.