One of three men charged in a November 2018 shooting case involving a Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy has accepted a plea agreement and another is set to as the alleged gunman awaits trial.
Appearing in Fifth Judicial District Court in Boulder Feb. 26, Kolby D. Schmidt, 31, of Helena pleaded guilty to one felony count of criminal endangerment, little more than a month after pleading not guilty to the felony charge of accountability for attempted deliberate homicide — a charge the state will no longer pursue as a result of the plea agreement.
In accepting the plea agreement, Schmidt admitted to driving a car on Nov. 13, 2018, “while co-defendant Michael J. Holloway shot a firearm at [Deputy Tom Grimsrud], with the purpose to evade arrest, creating a substantial risk of death or bodily injury to the officer.”
