Candidate for head of Montana OPI charged with obstructing a peace officer
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- Apr 25, 2024
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Sharyl Allen, a GOP candidate for superintendent of public instruction, has been charged with misdemeanor obstruction of a peace officer or other public servant in Madison County Justice Court.
Her bond was set at $335 and her initial appearance to face the charges is scheduled for May 7.
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"Miss Allen referenced to Brant and Heavrin she had a working relationship with Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and his chief of staff Will Selph, as well as other attorneys affiliated with Knudsen," Hunter wrote.
A press secretary for Attorney General Austin Knudsen sent the Missoulian a statement on Friday.
"The DCI agents and other law enforcement officials involved were doing their jobs," Knudsen's office said in the statement. "The alleged comments made by Sharyl Allen regarding her relationship with the Attorney General and his staff were inappropriate. The Attorney General does not condone this type of behavior. This is an ongoing investigation by DCI."
Recently this spring, Allen told the Harrison Public School board that she won't return as head of the district next year. The board was deciding whether to renew her contract. She told the Missoulian that she needs to focus on caring for a family member.Â
When asked for comment Thursday, Allen told the Missoulian the information that she had been charged with the misdemeanor was "accurate." She declined to provide any more details. Allen also said she was "preparing a press release" but that it was being "reviewed by legal."
Last year, the Missoulian reported that Allen has left several jobs around the country and in Montana under mysterious and controversial circumstances.
Before she took her current job in Harrison, Allen was the longest-serving deputy of current Montana OPI Superintendent Elsie Arntzen.
It wouldn't be the first time a Montana politician has invoked a relationship with Knudsen in front of a law enforcement officer. In 2021, Montana Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, told a Montana Highway Patrol officer that the officer should "put in a call to Knudsen." Ellsworth was being pulled over for speeding at the time.
Sharyl Allen, then the deputy superintendent at Montana's Office of Public Instruction, speaks during an interim committee meeting in 2021.
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