Suspects in attempted armed robbery at MSU in Bozeman are still at large
BOZEMAN – According to a Montana State University alert, three men attempted a robbery in Gallatin Hall early Wednesday morning. MSU police responded just before 1:30 a.m. to a report of several men...
View ArticleProbe into death of 2-year-old in northwest MT continues
LIBBY – Law enforcement continues to investigate the death of a toddler and his parents after a routine traffic stop turned deadly. Multiple agencies had searched for two-year-old Aiden Salcido, since...
View ArticleFormer Miles City trainer sentenced to 12 years in prison, 3 years supervised...
BILLINGS- Former Miles City trainer James Jensen was sentenced Tuesday at 12 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release on charges related to repeated sexual abuse of dozens of male...
View ArticleNew trial for man convicted in 2014 Missoula murder denied
(Connor McCauley/MTN News photo) MISSOULA – A Missoula judge recently denied a request for a new trial for the man who is spending 70-years in prison in the shotgun killing of a German foreign exchange...
View ArticleDespite confession, investigators say they lacked evidence to charge ex-Miles...
BILLINGS- An investigation over a decade ago into a longtime Miles City athletic trainer accused of molesting hundreds of teenage student-athletes was dismissed because of lack of evidence, even...
View ArticleFive people arrested on prostitution charges in Cascade County human...
Pictured from left to right: Kurt Alan Anderson, Mark William Brothers, Terry Francis McCann, David Komesu Javner, Paul George Waldner (Courtesy: Cascade County Sheriff’s Office) GREAT FALLS — A...
View ArticleBelgrade murder suspect accused of punching officer while in custody at...
BOZEMAN – Joseph Paul DeWise, facing charges for the January 2018 murder of his estranged wife Lauren DeWise, is accused of punching an officer at the Gallatin County Detention Center (GCDC) Saturday...
View ArticleBody of two-year-old found in Lincoln Co., believed to be linked to Flathead...
Aiden Salcido (courtesy photo) MEDFORD, Ore.: Law enforcement reports that the body of a deceased 2-year-old — possibly the child reported missing after his parents died in a murder-suicide — has been...
View ArticleState and federal law enforcement investigated sex abuse of former Miles City...
BILLINGS- Allegations of years of sexual abuse to possibly hundreds of Miles City male student-athletes were brought forth to the state of Montana back in 2002, according to information contained in...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty in fatal Hamilton hit-and-run case
HAMILTON – The man who is accused of hitting and killing a 9-year-old boy in Hamilton has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office reported that Joseph McNamara struck...
View Article‘It doesn’t happen every day:’ Bozeman woman breaks into hotel, accused of...
BOZEMAN – A Bozeman woman accused of spraying her husband and ex-boyfriend with bear spray earlier this month was back in court this morning, accused of breaking into a hotel. Detectives say once...
View ArticleRoberts saloon robbed at gunpoint early Friday
Video footage shows a smaller light colored, possibly silver or gray, sedan with a loud exhaust in the area during the time of the robbery. (Courtesy of the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office) ROBERTS –...
View ArticleHelena man accused of assaulting young girl
HELENA – A 55 year-old registered sex offender in Helena is accused of assaulting a young girl. Thomas Quentin Swingholm appeared in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court Thursday afternoon. He is...
View ArticleTraffic stop in Rocky Boy leads to car chase, standoff with wanted Box Elder man
HILL COUNTY — A 29-year-old Box Elder man is in custody following a traffic stop conducted by Rocky Boy police Wednesday afternoon in which he engaged authorities in a car chase that ended in Box Elder...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors recommend 15 years in prison for former Miles City...
BILLINGS- Federal prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 15 years for charges of coercion and enticement surrounding a former Miles City athletic trainer James Jensen. Wednesday, a hearing...
View ArticleProsecutors: Man killed Laurel woman in 1998 to cover up robbery
BILLINGS – Zachary David O’Neill told detectives he killed Miranda Fenner in 1998 in Laurel to cover up a robbery to support his drug habit, and he confessed to two other crimes, including an unsolved...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to two-decade-old, cold-case murder of Miranda Fenner in...
BILLINGS- A suspect has been identified and pleaded guilty to the cold-case murder of Miranda Fenner, the Laurel teenager brutally killed while working at a video store in 1998. Yellowstone County...
View ArticleThree suspects charged in Missoula stolen bike ring
MISSOULA – Three men have been charged with the theft in what court documents say is many thousands of dollars in bicycles and parts. Justin Frazier, Dylan Mace and Clint Randall were arrested...
View ArticleEx-USAF member from Kalispell sentenced for child sexual exploitation
A 24-year-old Kalispell man and former U.S. Air Force member who pleaded guilty in March to charges of sexual exploitation of a child and receipt of child pornography was sentenced to 15 years in...
View ArticleMan charged with deliberate homicide in Kalispell murder case
KALISPELL – A Kalispell man is facing a murder charge for hitting another man to death with a cement brick. Leigh Medina, who is behind bars, has been charged with deliberate homicide, according to...
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