Several have been charged in connection with the Oct. 8 assault and ensuing incident that had Great Falls High shelter in place as a precaution.

The initial call came into police that Kaden Laplant and Ronnie Mudd had been yelling at juveniles near the high school. The juveniles ran away and called in the incident saying one of them had something in their hand that looked silver and could have been a knife or a gun, according to Josh Racki, county attorney.

The two went to Alizae Fries’ house, who had an active warrant for a felony assault with a weapon charge in district court as well as multiple city contempt warrants, Racki said.

That report of the potential weapon and Fries’ history prompted the large law enforcement response on Oct. 8, Racki said.

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No weapons were found, but Laplant and Mudd were charged with misdemeanor reasonable apprehension charges for yelling at the juveniles and Fries was arrested on his $10,000 failure to abide warrant that was issued in September.

Rebecca Granot was charged with a felony count of obstructing justice and a misdemeanor count of obstructing a peace officer.

Nikki Lawrence was charged with a felony count of obstructing justice.

Prosecutors requested $10,000 bond for both women.

Around 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 8, Kaden Laplant and Ronnie Mudd had been identified as suspects in an assault who left on foot to what was described to Great Falls Police officers as Fries’ residence, and officers also knew that to be Lawrence’s residence at 118 16th St. S.

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Officers knew from past experience that Lawrence was uncooperative with law enforcement and an officer had previously contacted him at the same location.

Fries had four active warrants and officers knew that there’s a common interior access point on the westside of the residence shared by 118 and 120 16th St. S. units, meaning someone could move between them without being observed from the outside, according to court documents.

Officers observed the residence from around the perimeter while two attempted contact at the front door with no response. After about 15 minutes, an officer saw Lawrence exiting the front door and spoke to her, telling her they looking for Mudd and Fries and that they needed to come outside, according to court documents.

Lawrence reportedly told officers that Fries was not there and that Mudd had been there but had left with Laplant, according to court documents.

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Officers had seen Laplant exit by himself and had already been taken into custody, other sources had confirmed Mudd was still inside, and Lawrence became agitated that she’d been caught in a lie, shouting at detectives, according to court documents.

Lawrence went back inside, slamming the door, and officers believed Fries and Mudd were still inside so detectives began working on a search warrant for the residence while officers continued attempting to have the men exit the apartments.

The primary tenant of the adjacent apartment returned while officers were outside and was told they were looking for people next door. She told officers she had refused to let people hide from law enforcement in her apartment in the past but officers weren’t comfortable letting her go inside during the incident, to which she agreed to wait outside, according to court documents.

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The tenant told officers that her daughter, Rebecca Granot, and her boyfriend were sleeping in the basement and no one else should be there.

Mudd exited the apartment and was arrested and confirmed to police that Fries remained inside.

Officers entered the apartment, announcing themselves multiple times, calling for Fries to show himself, but he did not comply, according to court documents. As officers we clearing the apartment, they heard footsteps in the adjacent stairwell into the basement and a door slam.

Officers talked to Granot at the basement door in the adjacent apartment and she told them that Fries was not there.

When asked for consent to check the apartment, she became agitated, refused and slammed the door, according to court documents.

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Due to Fries’ lack of cooperation and criminal history, the Central Montana Regional High-Risk Unit was activated as Fries remained in the basement of 120 16th St. S., according to court documents.

While HRU was responding, Rita Granot, the primary tenant of the unit, gave police permission to clear the upstairs of the apartment and officers sought a search warrant for the lower portion where Rebecca Granot and her boyfriend lived.

After the warrant was obtained, Granot came back to the door and yelled at officers, but then came outside of the apartment, where she was detained by officer.

Fries then exited the basement door of the apartment, complied with commands and was attested, according to court documents.