A Libby woman who faced multiple felony charges following a 2025 incident involving gun play at a Libby eatery pleaded guilty Monday in district court.

Presley Pauline Aarstad, 35, was initially charged with two counts of assault with a weapon and criminal endangerment following the Sept. 8 incident. Through her attorney, David Maldonado, she pleaded not guilty.

As part of a plea deal, both assault counts were dropped and she pleaded guilty to the endangerment charge. Maldonado, who appeared via Zoom, also made a request to have her alcohol monitoring device removed.

“She’s completed alcohol treatment and she is seven months pregnant,” Maldonado said.

District Judge Matt Cuffe said once the motion is filed, he’d issue an order regarding the device.

Aarstad, who now has the last name of Hollingsworth following a marriage, will be sentenced No. 9.

The other person involved in the incident, Matthew Ray Hollingsworth, 51, of Libby, was initially charged with aggravated assault. But his charge was refiled as a misdemeanor disorderly conduct and he pleaded guilty to it in December 2025.

According to the probable cause statement by Libby police officer Vince Smart, he, officers Caleb Thomas and Don Luthey were dispatched to East 2nd St. and Mineral Ave. at 11:18 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, for a report of multiple gun shots.

Smart reported stopping his patrol vehicle just east of Po’ Sam’s restaurant. He got out and saw a group of security guards from the chainsaw carving event standing in front of the restaurant. The guards pointed at a woman that Smart recognized as Aarstad. 

According to Smart’s report, the guards indicated Aarstad had fired a gun. She was handcuffed and the guards told Smart that she had fired one round above the victim’s heads. 

Smart spoke to the victims, one a member of a band that was hired by Aarstad and Hollingsworth to play music at Po’ Sam’s. They said after the band was finished playing for the night, Aarstad and Hollingsworth refused to pay the band $500, which had been the deal. Both men challenged each other to fight. Everyone then left the restaurant and the argument continued outside in the patio area. 

On a cell phone video, Hollingsworth can allegedly be heard that he has a gun in his pocket and would shoot the band member in the head.

At some point during the argument, Aarstad left the area and returned with a handgun, firing it into the air above the victim’s heads. Smart reported the bullet was fired in the air and it wasn’t known where the bullet landed.

When Smart placed Aarstad in the back of his patrol vehicle, he smelled alcohol. A portable breath test indicated her blood alcohol content was 0.326% A test of Hollingsworth’s blood indicated it was 0.268%

A conviction for criminal endangerment may result in a maximum 10-year prison term and a $50,000 fine.