Rodney Gladue, 37, entered no contest pleas during a March 30 hearing for his role in an August 2025 crash and police pursuit.

Gladue was initially charged with seven counts from the chase:

• two criminal endangerment
• one reckless driving
• one speeding
• one driving while suspended
• one fleeing or eluding law enforcement
• one stop sign violation

He also had a criminal possession of dangerous drugs charge in another case.

Gladue signed a plea agreement with the Cascade County Attorney’s Office earlier this month.

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The prosecution is recommending an eight year commitment to the Montana Department of Corrections, with six suspended, placement in an appropriate treatment facility and probation on the criminal endangerment count; one year in the county jail with six months suspended, on the fleeing count, consecutive to the first; and a four year DOC commitment, all suspended and concurrent to the first, on the drug charge.

Gladue’s attorney, Levi Roadman, said that Gladue was originally entering a guilty plea but was changing it to no contest.

Roadman said Gladue had suffered a brain injury and didn’t remember the incident so he didn’t believe his client could plead guilty.

The county attorney’s office said the injury was sustained in the August 2025 crash, since he’d been in custody since being released from the hospital.

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Judge Elizabeth Best accepted Gladue’s pleas and set his sentencing hearing for May 18.

Albert Denny was sentenced in district court Feb. 18 for his part in the incident 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.

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 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 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.

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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, they spoke to the 911 caller who said Denny had been hiding in his apartment and drank a dozen blueberry-flavored County Time Lemonades, at 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.