Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen is urging the Gallatin County Commission to ignore a flawed opinion provided by the county attorney and partner with the Trump Administration’s Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) to detain dangerous criminals in the United [...]
BILLINGS – The Montana Department of Justice (MTDOJ) and Billings Police Department (BPD) are warning citizens of an increased presence of the synthetic opioid carfentanil in Billings. The Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area recently seized a large amount [...]
HELENA – A Kalispell man was sentenced to 50 years at the Montana State Prison, with 10 of those years suspended, for deliberate homicide after beating a homeless man and leaving him to die in 2023, Attorney General Austin Knudsen [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 25 attorneys general Monday in urging the Trump Administration to close a loophole used by adversaries and drug traffickers to flood deadly fentanyl into the United States. In a letter [...]
HELENA – A man, who previously resided in Beaverhead County, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl across southwest Montana following an investigation by Montana Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) agents, Attorney General Austin [...]
HELENA – As law enforcement in Montana continues to dismantle and disrupt drug trafficking organizations, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced authorities seized less fentanyl and made more drug-related felony arrests, including arrests of Mexican drug cartel members, in 2024 compared [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 26 attorneys general supporting President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), a dangerous gang designated a foreign terrorist organization. In [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) reached an agreement with a Flathead County contractor who will pay $200,000 to victims of his contractor scam and stop doing business in Montana, Attorney General Austin Knudsen [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced an immigration enforcement agreement with President Donald J. Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The agreement will authorize Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) troopers and Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) agents to [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Montana Department of Justice prosecutors and investigators testified in Senate Judiciary Committee today in support of Senate Bill 261, sponsored by Senator Greg Hertz, which will protect children from dangerous drugs, like fentanyl. [...]