by lizard
It’s been almost 2 months since Michael Gordon shot and killed Christopher Hymel outside the Fox Club. Instead of being charged with anything, the Missoula County Attorney’s office waffled and ultimately punted the case to a process known as a coroner’s inquest.
Meanwhile, some hash-oil producing moron sparks a literal explosion, and now felony charges are being pursued against the girlfriend who was injured in the explosion, along with her 19 month old child:
The girlfriend of a Missoula man who is accused of causing an explosion while trying to make hash oil in a University of Montana apartment earlier this month has been arrested and faces felony charges.
Virginia Marie Ervin, 18, on Monday afternoon made her initial appearance before Missoula County Justice of the Peace Amy Blixt, who set bail at $25,000.
Ervin allegedly stayed in the residence with her 19-month-old daughter on Oct. 12, while her boyfriend, Patrick Wayne Austin, used butane to extract hash oil from marijuana in the kitchen. About 15 minutes into the process, the butane caused an explosion in the apartment, blowing out the apartment’s windows and burning the adults and child.
Austin was arrested immediately and remains in the Missoula County jail pending bail. Ervin, who is a University of Montana freshman and graduated from Big Sky High School, was booked into the Missoula County jail early Friday morning.
When one juxtaposes recent cases brought (or not) by the Missoula County Attorney’s Office, confusion may ensue. Shoot and kill someone outside a strip club, no charges, no pre-trial jail time. Get injured by an idiotic, hash-oil producing boyfriend who advertises on Facebook, felony charges and jail. Force your girlfriend to try and cut a tattoo off her chest with a box cutter, 3 years probation. Operate a medical marijuana business, like Jason Washington did, and it’s time spent in federal prison, hoping for the kind of mercy judge Dana Christensen showed (I’m not sure if Missoula County attorneys had anything to do with that last case, to be fair).
Is anyone else confused?
