Grand Old Police Blotter: Dickapalooza Special Edition

If there's one event I'd love to liveblog, it would be the Dick Dasen trial. How could you pass up the opportunity to cover the trial of a wealthy old Christian who is accused of spending more than a cool mil to get it on with crank addicts?

Sadly, 10 days from now I won't be in Flathead County, Montana to cover jury selection.

Dick's last attempt to delay the trial, a writ petition to the Montana Supreme Court, was, not surprisingly, denied.

The Montana Supreme Court won't intervene in the prostitution trial of Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen Sr.

Dasen had asked the court to grant motions that Flathead District Judge Stewart Stadler has twice denied.

Dasen wanted dismissal of the 14 criminal charges against him because of a lack of speedy trial. He also wanted most evidence in the case suppressed because of the way search warrants were served.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Supreme Court said no.

Dick hates it when they say "no."

For those looking to get up to speed on Million Dollar Dick, New West has a six-part series detailing his exploits.