The head of an addiction treatment organization in Spokane has placed himself on voluntary medical leave after being arrested in Montana on suspicion of being drunk and unruly in a hotel room.
It’s the second time in six months Jon D. Schlenske has faced charges, and the newest legal scrape puts a February plea deal in jeopardy.
Police in Great Falls, Mont., arrested Schlenske at 3 a.m. March 19 in the Staybridge Hotel. A hotel clerk told police that Schlenske had threatened him and other guests when the clerk responded to Schlenske’s room after several noise complaints, according to court documents.
The police officer who responded found several empty beer bottles and an empty bottle of Fireball liquor in the room, according to court documents. Schlenske’s blood-alcohol content measured 0.23 percent. The standard for being legally drunk in Montana is 0.08 percent.
In February, he agreed to a plea deal in which a misdemeanor assault charge would be dismissed in two years if he stayed out of trouble. In that case, Schlenske was accused of grabbing a woman outside a Liberty Lake bar and pushing her up against his car. Police said he was intoxicated at the time.
Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell said the new arrest will be treated as a probation violation and that Schlenske could face new sanctions or his plea deal could be revoked.
Schlenske’s attorney, Chris Bugbee, said he hopes the court does not revoke the deal and instead orders alcohol-addiction treatment.
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