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Suspected auto thief pleads not guilty

by DERRICK PERKINS
Daily Inter Lake | January 25, 2026 12:00 AM

A 25-year-old caught with a reportedly stolen car in Columbia Falls last year pleaded not guilty earlier this month to a felony count of theft.  

Cody William Heffner, described as a transient in court documents, appeared before Judge Danni Coffman in Flathead County District Court on Jan. 8 for his arraignment. An omnibus hearing in the case is scheduled for April 10 and Heffner is expected back in court for a pretrial conference on May 4.  

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