This 2018 Subaru was hit with a pickup and pushed into the front wall of the Wolf Ridge Apartments Saturday morning, Sept. 21. While two people were in the apartment, no one was injured. One man is in custody.
SEELEY LAKE – Saturday morning, Sept. 21, when his older brother wouldn't answer the door, Timothy Pratt allegedly drove his truck into his brother's car, parked in front of the Wolf Ridge Apartments, and pushed it into his brother's apartment. While the brother and his girlfriend were inside at the time, no one was injured. Pratt faces several charges including two counts of felony endangerment and criminal mischief.
According to court documents, around 10:15 a.m. Sept. 21, Pratt showed up at Wolf Ridge Apartments. When his brother wouldn't answer the door, he tried to kick in the door.
The brother braced the door. After three failed attempts to kick in the door, Pratt left the front door, got into his pickup and turned his vehicle around across the road on Forest Service land. He then spun his tires rapidly and sped across the road, slamming his pickup head-on into his brother's parked Subaru.
After striking the vehicle, Pratt continued to drive, pushing the Subaru onto the deck and through the front wall of the apartment. He then backed his truck up and left.
The incident was captured by a dash cam inside of the Subaru and through security footage on the outside of the apartment. The damage to the apartment was believed to be in excess of $1,500. Deputies also observed that a crib and bed were pushed back from the front wall.
Following interviews with the brother who followed Pratt onto Garnet Range Road Friday, Sept. 20, Pratt also allegedly damaged two trees in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest.
Pratt was booked in the Missoula County jail Saturday afternoon. He is being charged with felony criminal endangerment for knowingly engaging in conduct that created substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to the apartment occupants; felony criminal mischief for purposefully injuring, damaging or destroying the front wall at Wolf Ridge Apartments and his brother's Subaru; and criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, knowingly or purposely injuring, damaging or destroying trees.
Missoula County Sheriff's Office Deputy Heath Hanson added that Pratt may also face charges for off-roading in a closed area on U.S. Forest Service land.
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