by Michael J. Marino
The disgruntled Dorothy Lane neighbors (from top left to bottom right): Wesley Dunn, Amber Dunn, Sean Callahan, Jacquelyn Garcia. (photos courtesy Community 7-TV)
Mayor Bill Cole announced at the Sept. 19 Billings City Council session that Robert Morris, one of the alleged “problematic neighbors” of Dorothy Lane, was arrested early last week and released on bail a short time later. This was part of his conversation with county attorney Scott Twito, in which Twito provided a prosecutorial update on the Dorothy Lane complaints.
During public comment, Wesley Dunn apologized for “disrespecting Council’s time last week.”
Wesley mentioned a man, Anthony Felton, stating, “You didn’t really inherit this problem (appearing to point to city administrator Chris Kukulski), but the Council did.” Several times he referred to Felton as “this problem,” and several times saying “something needs to be done” about “this problem.”
Who is Felton? Inquiry revealed that he does have some criminal history dating back to 2017. In relation to Dorothy Lane? That answer is unclear; he is alleged to have been “spotted” on the street, but the neighbors have not made any precise allegations, nor do the publicly available call logs correlate Felton to any of the listed incidents. He was ordered by Yellowstone County District Court Judge Jessica Fehr to attend a drug treatment program in early 2021, though not due to any new charges. The judge told Felton he has “the capacity to do some really good things in this community,” during this hearing.
From Wesley’s perspective, the newly formed Problem Property Task Force is a “step in the right direction,” but he asked, “Why did it take us to bring it to [city officials’] attention?”
Next, Amber Dunn volunteered to work on the Problem Property Task Force, saying she’s willing to help “clean up, talk to neighbors, whatever needs to be done.”
Dunn also encouraged other community members to come forward and speak on these topics. “We’d like to help clean up – not just problem property #200 – but all of them,” she added.
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