A 39-year-old Helena male is being charged with 2 felony counts of attack with a weapon and 2 misdemeanor counts of partner or relative attack (PFMA) after presumably pointing what seemed a weapon at 2 individuals over a kitten that was brought house without the accused being sought advice from.
In the early hours of Nov. 23, dispatch gotten a call and heard several individuals shrieking, according to court reports.
A deputy reacted to the address and got in touch with the celebrations included, consisting of Nicholas Duane Friedrichs.
Among individuals stated Friedrichs was “extremely inebriated” and pressed her into the ground, which hurt her knee and arm. The deputy verified noticeable contusions in these locations.
A lady informed the deputy that she experienced Friedrichs overtop of somebody else. She stated she got on Friedrichs’ back and he pressed her into a counter top, which bruised her lower back.
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Court records state another lady was attempting to step in and revealed to the deputy that she was afraid that Friedrichs would harm her.
Among the celebrations informed authorities Friedrichs went upstairs and got a pistol. According to court records, he presumably went to an outside deck and shot the pistol several time and after that returned within and pointed it at the others.
Friedrichs informed authorities he pressed 2 of individuals in self-defense since one threatened to stab him in his sleep. He rejected pointing a pistol and stated he had actually positioned his fingers inside an empty holster produced a pistol and pointed it at the others.
Friedrichs has no previous PFMA convictions or criminal offenses.(*) All are assumed innocent up until tested guilty.(*)
