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Case dropped against man accused of firing a gun during 2023 confrontation

by DERRICK PERKINS
Daily Inter Lake | October 3, 2025 12:00 AM

A Columbia Falls man accused of running a woman off a Trumble Creek Road property in 2023 saw his case dismissed earlier this year.

Matthew Hallas, 34, pleaded not guilty to a single felony count of assault with a weapon in Flathead County District Court following the April 29, 2023 confrontation.  

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