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Man accused of stalking neighbors reaches deferred prosecution agreement

by DERRICK PERKINS
Daily Inter Lake | September 30, 2025 12:00 AM

A Kalispell man accused of harassing his neighbors and who sparked a standoff inside the Flathead County Justice Center in 2023 later received a deferred prosecution agreement.

Prosecutors brought John Drew Peterson, 77, up on a felony stalking charge after a brewing conflict with a neighbor culminated on March 25, 2023, with him allegedly standing outside their Castle View Road home armed with a machete. 

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