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Eureka man gets suspended sentence on drug charge

by SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER
The Western News | April 12, 2024 7:00 AM

A Eureka man facing multiple felony drug charges was sentenced recently in Lincoln County District Court.

Shane Michael Coursey, 56, was first accused of possessing fentanyl, methamphetamine and Xanax after his arrest by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Huff in Libby on Jan. 24, 2023. On July 10, Coursey pleaded not guilty to three felonies and one misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia.

Coursey’s original arraignment was set for Feb. 13, but his public defender, Ben Kolter said then that Coursey had been released from the county jail for medical reasons. Kolter sought a continuance, but Coursey didn’t make the Feb. 27 hearing and Kolter said he had been hospitalized due to diabetes.

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