A Kalispell woman accused of punching and kicking her two children in 2025 later took a deferred prosecution agreement.  

Haley Sue Arla Herman, 31, initially faced two felony counts of assault on a minor in Flathead County District Court after her May 31 arrest. She pleaded not guilty at her June 3 arraignment before Judge Danni Coffman.  

But prosecutors, citing a deferred prosecution agreement, filed a motion to dismiss the case in mid-September. Coffman ordered the case dismissed on Sept. 18.  

Herman's arrest came after her two children, aged 13 and 11 at the time, accused her of punching and kicking them, according to court documents. Kalispell Police officers described seeing an apparent bruise on one of the children's foreheads, court documents said.  

Herman told officers that the children had acted disrespectfully that day and allegedly admitted to smacking their arms. She said she never hit or kicked them, but acknowledged verbally abusing them at times, according to court documents.   

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