Charges Pending Against Wolf Point Fire Chief
Northern Plains Independent - Northern Plains Independent
Felony theft charges against Wolf Point Fire Chief Clint Bushman were recently dismissed in Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Tribal Court, but the charges are anticipated to be refiled. As of June 22, no hearings for Bushman were on the court’s schedule.
Bushman has been on administrative leave since February.
According to court documents, Wolf Point Mayor Chris Dschaak informed a Roosevelt County Sheriff’s deputy in December 2025 that he recently discovered a large amount of money inexplicably missing from a bank account belonging to the Volunteer Ball Association. That bank account is a fund that is separate fromthe Wolf Point and Roosevelt County fire departments’ budgets.
When Dschaak reviewed the Volunteer Ball Association’s account in December 2025, he saw that there was approximately $120,000 worth of suspicious transactions on the account including $40,000 in cash withdrawals and $20,000 in purchases from Amazon.
When Dschaak researched the matter, he found none of the suspicious purchases were approved by the association members. Dschaak and three other retired firefighters agreed to provide the information to the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The information was later shared with the Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice.
Bushman had solo access to the account’s debit card and many of the purchases appear to be connected to him, according to court documents.
In tribal court, felony theft has a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment, a fine of $5,000 or both.
