Forder Deputy Gets Deferred Sentence in Threatening Process Server

A former Flathead County sheriff's deputy charged with threatening a process server with a shotgun has signed a deferred prosecution agreement.

A charge of assault with a weapon filed against Patrick B. Ward will be dismissed if he remains law abiding for six months. Prosecutors say Ward threatened to shoot a civil process server who was delivering divorce papers to his house on May 7.

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