3 Flathead Valley men facing numerous burglary charges
SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 9 months AGO
Three Flathead Valley men are facing several charges on various robbery, burglary and theft charges that occurred over a period of several months in the Flathead Valley.
Bradley Cain Bradford, 22, of Kalispell, is scheduled to be arraigned today in front of District Judge Heidi Ulbricht. His bail is set at $130,000 for the six felony counts he is facing since being booked into jail April 8.
Jared Jay Munroe, 24, of Kalispell, is also accused of burglary and is jailed on $30,000 bond. He is also scheduled to appear in court this morning.
Also, Cody Brandon Kolodejchuk, 30, of Columbia Falls, is facing three felony charges, including two for alleged burglaries.
The list of what law enforcement authorities say Bradford has stolen is extensive, including guns, vehicles, cash and bonds. In the first incident, which occurred sometime between June 23 and 24, 2019, a Bobcat Lane resident reported several guns were missing, including a .50 caliber rifle, a Colt semiauto pistol and several Glock pistols. The combined value of the firearms was $5,000, according to court documents.
On March 2, 2020, a Flathead County Sheriff’s Office detective spoke with Bradford and he allegedly admitted to burglarizing the home, stealing the guns and trading them with several valley residents.
In the second incident, Bradford is accused of breaking into a Foy’s Canyon Road home sometime in late October and stealing a large amount of money, $90,000 in U.S. bonds, a Dodge Durango, guns and personal identification documents.
On Dec. 9, 2019, a detective spoke to Bradford and he allegedly admitted he and another man committed the burglary. He also said the other man abandoned him at the home, so he allegedly stole the Durango to get away from the residence.
Three days later, the detective spoke to the other man’s girlfriend, Tessa Ulberg, and she allegedly said she knew about the U.S. bonds. Incidentally, Ulberg is facing drug charges in Kootenai County, Idaho.
The fourth alleged crime occurred Nov. 2, 2019, at a Foy’s Canyon Road residence and was stopped when a woman arrived before the suspect, Bradford, could leave with the items.
The woman saw a shop door kicked in and saw what she believed to be two shadows inside the residence. A vehicle that was parked outside and was running. Inside it were DeWalt tools, totes, clothing and tires. When the homeowners arrived, the man said he was missing the tools.
On Dec. 9, Sheriff’s Office detectives spoke with Bradford, who allegedly admitted burglarizing the home with another person and the vehicle left running outside was his. He reported saying he and the other person ran out the back door when the first woman showed up.
IN THE fifth incident, Bradford is charged with burglarizing a floral shop on Sixth Avenue East in Kalispell sometime between Nov. 27 and Nov. 29, 2019. He is accused of prying open a door and stealing decorative lights, AA batteries, stocking caps and a Samsung phone.
A few days later a Kalispell Police Department detective retrieved surveillance video from a nearby store that showed a small, white pickup truck driving near the flower shop. The same day the detective spoke with a woman who suspected another man, Jared Munroe, was involved in the burglary. When she visited Munroe’s hotel room she saw a number of items that matched the description of those stolen from the floral shop.
Then, on Dec. 9, the detective spoke with Bradford and he allegedly admitted that he and Munroe burglarized the floral shop.
Bradford is accused of being involved in two more burglaries and thefts in January 2020.
On Jan. 6, a Sheriff’s Office deputy spoke with a caretaker of a home on Montana 35. She reported a tiger skin, chainsaw, rifle and handgun were missing.
On Feb. 21, a detective spoke with Bradford and he allegedly admitted to burglarizing the home with Kolodejchuk.
Bradford said the home wasn’t locked and he and Kolodejchuk stole a tiger rug, chainsaw and Sears .22 rifle.
During a search of Kolodejchuk’s home, the .22 rifle was found, according to court documents.
KOLODEJCHUK IS facing three felony charges in relation to other crimes he allegedly committed, including the Oct. 12, 2019, theft of a trailer, a Dec. 28, 2019 burglary in Bigfork and a burglary on Many Lakes Drive between Dec. 22 and 25. The Many Lakes burglary involved the theft of a Polaris UTV, valued at $15,000, and many other items. Kolodejchuk posted bail recently.
The final incident allegedly involving Bradford occurred Jan. 8, 2020, when Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated a stolen car complaint by an automotive business located on U.S. 93, south of Kalispell.
Surveillance footage showed a man crawling under a chain link fence at about 2:40 a.m., getting into a gray 2013 Subaru Forester, valued at $14,500, and driving out of the side gate of the property.
Later on Jan. 8, a citizen reported a burglary at a Third Avenue East business in Kalispell. Surveillance video showed a dark-colored SUV pulled into the parking lot and pushed on the wall until the door opened.
A man from the SUV removed a cash box, which contained money, vehicle titles and business checks.
Also, later that day, the deputy investigating the alleged crime learned a woman, Elisheva Couture, attempted to cash a check for $1,054.
On Feb. 21, detectives interviewed Bradford and he allegedly admitted to stealing Subaru, then used to push in the wall of the business where he stole cash, titles and checks.
He also allegedly admitted to trying to cash one of the checks with Couture.
According to the county Sheriff’s Office website, Couture has an outstanding warrant for her arrest for forgery.
The last offense Bradford is charged for occurred Jan. 30, 2020, when he allegedly broke into a cabin and trailer on Angel Point Road, used a crowbar to pry open a gun safe and stole 18 guns, two long bows, two knives, jewelry and tools.
When a detective spoke with Bradford on Feb. 21, he allegedly admitted to committing the theft with another person.
Four days later, Bradford allegedly told a detective some of the guns and both bows were at another man’s house. When deputies searched the home they found both long bows.
Reporter Scott Shindledecker may be reached at 758-4441 or sshindledecker@dailyinterlake.com.
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