A failed Libby City Council candidate has become an unexpected advocate for criminal justice reform in Lincoln County in recent weeks.
Fresh off of being found not guilty on a charge of assault with a weapon — or criminal endangerment in the alternative — Darrel “DC” Orr has repeatedly petitioned the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners to take action against the county attorney’s office. He also leveled charges of serious wrongdoing against the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
“I think the most important takeaway is that I have accused your sheriff’s office and county attorney of corruption,” Orr said during the public comment portion of a Jan. 26 commissioners meeting.
Authorities arrested Orr in May following a property dispute on City Service Road that allegedly ended with him buzzing by a Montana Sky employee at a high rate of speed in his pickup truck. The employee, Amber Pacheco-Holm, and two witnesses backed up that version of events in court. Orr testified that he drove at a slow speed and took steps to avoid Pacheco-Holm. A jury found him not guilty in early December.
Despite the jury trial hanging over his head, Orr launched a doomed bid for one of three city council seats in Libby last year. Out of six candidates, Orr garnered the least amount of votes in November.
In the weeks since the jury delivered the verdict, Orr has accused Pacheco-Holm of making false allegations and her husband of threatening his life via a text message after the incident in May. He...
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