No jail time for Yaak man guilty in police pursuit
Caleb Daniel Covey appears at a sentencing on Oct. 7, 2019. (Paul Sievers/The Western News)
It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child, but in Caleb Covey’s case it seems it will take a small army of family members, friends and health care workers to keep him from repeating his cycle of endangering the greater Lincoln County community.
Covey, 38, who resides outside of Troy in the Yaak, was in District Court Tuesday afternoon in Libby where visiting Flathead County Judge Amy Eddy determined he would not spend time in custody.
Eddy delivered a 20-year sentence with all time suspended for the defendant who led law enforcement officers from two states and three counties on a wild chase Jan. 13, 2024. Covey also must pay $1,129.94 in restitution to one of the victims who suffered property damage during the incident.
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