FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 4, 2017 Contact: Captain Keith Edgell, [email protected], 406-839-8751 Billings, MT.—At approximately 1050AM on April 4th, 2017, the Billings Police Department engaged in a pursuit with a suspect driving a stolen Toyota pickup truck and claiming to have an explosive device. The pursuit led to the...
Laurel, MT—36-year-old Charles Wayne Williams is charged in Yellowstone County with five counts of felony assault with a weapon and two counts of felony criminal endangerment after opening fire on law enforcement officers in the early morning hours of March 27th, 2017. Montana Highway Patrol Troopers...
Helena, MT.— Montana Highway Patrol Troopers assisted the Helena Police Department and Lewis & Clark County Sheriff’s Office with a pursuit and search for a suspect wanted out of Lewis & Clark County yesterday. The MHP received a mutual aid request from the Helena Police...
Laurel, MT.-- In the early morning hours of March 27th, 2017, Troopers Darvin Mees and Trever Chase responded to a mutual aid request from the Laurel Police Department to assist with a call to a domestic disturbance. As the troopers, along with an officer from...
ADVISORY MONTANA HIGHWAY PATROL MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Contact: Sgt. Pat McCarthy 406-600-0239, [email protected] Troopers to Collaborate with Law Enforcement Partners on Upcoming Bozeman Cop on a Bus Deployment What: Cop on a Bus Deployment When: Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 Where: Bozeman, MT. The Montana Highway Patrol will partner...
Hamilton, MT: Sergeant Scott Bennett was involved in an injury head-on collision this morning at around 6AM on US 93 mm 43 south of Hamilton. Bennett was northbound on US 93 when a southbound vehicle with worn tires and traveling too fast for conditions lost control negotiating...
The Montana Highway Patrol commissioned twelve new troopers today at the 61st Advanced Academy Graduation ceremony. Attorney General Tim Fox addressed the graduates at the event, which took place at the Radisson Colonial Hotel in Helena. In his remarks, Attorney General Fox emphasized the importance of...
On the afternoon of August 14, 2014, a Cascade County Deputy Sheriff Joe Dunn was killed in the line of duty while working with fellow law enforcement officers to protect Montanans. Attorney General Tim Fox and the Montana Department of Justice join all of Montana’s law...