According to the Salt Lake Tribune, which was the first news source to pop up under a June 30 search for “montana machete,” late on June 22, 2018, police in Great Falls, Montana “received a call” from a man who “had come home to find his ex-girlfriend hiding behind his bedroom door, wielding a machete,” which is “a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon.” The article continues in saying that “Police say she forced her ex-boyfriend to have sex with her at machete-point.”
The woman has been named as Samantha Ray Mears and now faces six criminal charges, among which are “aggravated battery, assault with a weapon, unlawful restraint, partner family member assault and two counts of criminal mischief.”
In charging with “family member assault,” then, the state of Montana presumably differentiates from general “assault” or “assault with a deadly weapon,” assuaging the accused slightly for being closely associated with the victim in everyday life. Mears, though, is said to be the “ex”-significant other of the assailed, and not the current one. No charges of “sexual assault” were apparently brought against Mears.
In the booking photograph, Mears is shown wearing a baja jacket, a slang term for “Mexican Threads Hoodie” with a “single large pocket and vents on the side” [1]. The style is similar to a “Tribal Woven Shirt Jacket,” which pops up under the search for “native american jacket.”
In appearance, Mears looks part American Indian, which I’ve heard is the preferred term to “Native American,” that is if the nomenclature of the specific tribe isn’t apparent. According to areaconnect.com, “American Indian and Alaska Natives” compose 5.09% of Great Falls’ population. It has not been affirmed or speculated upon as to whether Miss Mears as Indian blood in her heritage.
Another thing noticeable in the booking photograph of Miss Samantha Ray Mears is that on the front of her neck, where on the man would like the Adam’s apple, lies a large skin protrusion the approximate size and shape of a vagina. Bright, penetrating and purposeful brown eyes become emergent. On her faced is perched an aesthetically uncomfortable yet satisfaction and achievement indicative smile similar to one that Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas would often wear in photo shoots in the band’s early days.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baja_jacket.