A Libby man is jailed and facing multiple felony charges following an alleged road-rage incident just outside Libby on U.S. 2.

Casey James Chartier, 35, appeared Sept. 22 in Lincoln County District Court and pleaded not guilty to three counts of criminal endangerment, two counts each of assault with a weapon and felony possession of dangerous drugs, one count of intimidation, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted person. 

Chartier also pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanors, criminal possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle.

Chartier, whose bail is set at $125,000, has his next court hearing Nov. 3.

The case began in the late-evening hours of Saturday, Aug. 30, when county deputy Joshua Brabo got a call about a possible road-rage incident on U.S. 2 in the Whiskey Hill area. The alleged victims, a passenger in a vehicle, said her boyfriend, Chartier, was trying to run it off the road. The driver of the vehicle, whose daughter was also in the vehicle, took evasive driving actions several times to avoid colliding with Chartier’s vehicle.

The group of three people fled to the county Sheriff’s Office. Later, according to court documents, Chartier returned to the residence he shared with the alleged victim and sent threatening text messages to the people. Chartier allegedly threatened to destroy her property, including multiple vehicles parked at the residence.

The alleged victim showed officer Thomas multiple text and voice mail messages that Chartier reportedly sent, saying he would commit violence against the trio.

When Chartiers was arrested outside the sheriff’s office, officer Brabo found a concealed handgun in the driver’s side door pocket. He also found a plastic bag that contained several acetaminophen hydrocodone pills, a small amount of methamphetamine.

According to Brabo’s report, Chartier has a prior conviction of assault with a weapon and is a registered violent offender which means he can’t legally possess a firearm.

Chartier is facing a possible maximum of 100 years in the Montana State Prison and six months in the county jail.

Chartier faced an assault with weapon charge in 2019. He pleaded guilty to and received a 5-year sentence with two years suspended.