An accused drug dealer arrested after a high-speed chase through Kalispell in June pleaded guilty last week to felony criminal endangerment.

Baldemar Duarte-Nieto also faced a misdemeanor count for fleeing from or eluding a police officer, but prosecutors dropped the charge as part of a plea agreement filed in Flathead County District Court on July 31.

Per the agreement, Duarte-Nieto faces a suspended sentence of up to five years with the state Department of Corrections as well as a fine of up to $50,000. He is scheduled to appear before Judge Heidi Ulbricht for sentencing on Sept. 25.

On June 26, agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security notified Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies of a possible suspect in the area. Duarte-Nieto had an active warrant out of Washington for nar

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