Youth pleads guilty to threatening minors with gun

A Polson youth is accused of threatening three minor girls with a gun. Izayus Prewett, 17, entered a plea of guilty in Polson District Court Oct. 26 to felony assault with a weapon.

The plea was entered as part of an agreement that dismisses two other counts of assault with a weapon and a misdemeanor charge of possession of an intoxicating substance by a person under the age of 21.

According to court records, Prewett was with Nathan Videl Caye, 21, on Aug. 26, when the two confronted the new boyfriend of Prewett’s ex-girlfriend at a rodeo event at the Polson Fairgrounds. That led to a physical confrontation.

Afterwards, Caye drove a white Chevy truck to an apartment complex on Polson’s Main Street where they hoped to re-engage in the fight with the new boyfriend, but he wasn’t there. Instead, they located three minor girls and brandished their firearms at them. Caye allegedly fired one warning shot into the air. Prewett indicated that they eventually left.

The minor girls and one other witness indicated to a Polson Police officer that Prewett was the one who fired the warning shot into the air. One of the minor witnesses indicated that Caye attempted to convince Prewett to shoot the ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend and his friends.

Caye was convicted of assault with a weapon for an incident that occurred in front of the Polson VFW on Main Street Nov. 26, 2022. He is facing charges of criminal endangerment, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted person and assault with a weapon stemming from the Aug. 26 incident.

Judge Deborah “Kim” Christoper tentatively accepted the plea agreement and set a sentencing date of Dec. 14. She ordered Prewett to begin serving time at a youth detention center in Missoula until sentencing.

Lake County Attorney James Lapotka indicated that it costs Lake County $235 per day to incarcerate Prewett at the detention center.