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Judge dismisses case against father accused of hitting child in 2020

by DERRICK PERKINS
Daily Inter Lake | March 18, 2026 12:00 AM

A Kalispell father accused of hitting his child later saw the felony case against him dismissed.  

Prosecutors first filed a felony assault on a minor charge against Juan Carlos Mejia-Prado, 37, in Flathead County District Court in April 2020. Booked into the county jail nearly five years later, Mejia-Prado pleaded not guilty before Judge Paul Sullivan at his Feb. 27, 2025 arraignment.  

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