Albert Denny was sentenced in district court Feb. 18 for his part in an Aug. 21 crash and police pursuit.
Under a plea agreement, Denny plead guilty to a felony count of burglary in December and a misdemeanor count of obstructing a peace officer was dismissed.
Judge David Grubich sentenced him to a five year commitment to the Montana Department of Corrections, with no time suspended, consecutive to his sentence in a previous case.
At 12:30 p.m. Aug. 21, Great Falls Police officers were assisting the U.S, Marshal Service and Adult Probation and Patrol to apprehend Denny on an outstanding warrant at 2210 9th St. S., according to court documents.
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The GFPD officers were in their vehicle and saw Denny riding in a vehicle that was exiting the address and then fled from the Marshals, GFPD and Cascade County deputies south on 8th Street South toward 17th Street South.
The fleeing vehicle, a 1998 tan Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Rodney Gladue, did not comply with officers’ attempts to stop it with overhead lights, and drove down 8th Street South at about 65 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone, according to court documents.
As the Jeep approached the intersection with 17th Avenue South, Gladue ran a stop sign, causing a collision with a 2016 silver GMC Yukon, which had two occupants who were transported to Benefis to be seen for injuries.
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After the collision, Denny fled from the crash site, with a GFPD officer pursuing northwest toward 9th Street South based on information from deputies since he didn’t have a visual.
Officers lost sight of Denny near a a trailer park in the area of 1510 9th St. S., and a resident provided security footage showing Denny running through the area and west toward 1321 7th St. S., according to court documents.
The GFPD officer alerted other law enforcement to Denny’s updated clothing description and at 2:53 p.m., a resident called 911 to report a man matching Denny’s description was hiding inside his apartment, according to court documents.
Denny was detained by bystanders and probation units.
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When officers arrived, the spoke to the 911 caller who said Denny had been hiding in his apartment and drank a dozen blueberry flavored County Time Lemonades, a cost of about $6, according to court documents, and a GFPD officer noted that Denny had “an extremely stained blue tongue.”
“It was also reported that various other items in the house were missing (weed and food), and it is believed that Albert consumed this to satiate his cravings after fleeing from law enforcement,” according to court documents.
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In July, Denny was charged with a felony count of solicitation of assault on a peace officer, for Facebook messages he sent to a woman that included “I’m saying, we should just pull up on him masked up and hit ’em with some bear mace and skrt off…Or something lmao,” in reference to his probation officer.
That charge was later dismissed.
At the time, he was on supervision for his assault with a weapon conviction from 2024, a case in which he threatened his ex-girlfriend, and Denny has a prior conviction for felony possession of dangerous drugs from 2020.
Gladue was charged in the incident with two felony counts of criminal endangerment and misdemeanor counts of reckless driving, speeding, driving while suspended/revoked, fleeing from or eluding a peace officer and a stop sign violation.
He has a trial scheduled for April.
