Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) are warning Montanans about fraudsters creating spoof websites that look nearly identical to legitimate websites to collect consumers’ personal and financial information. There [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrested a man for soliciting sex from women at homeless outreaches and shelters in Billings and the surrounding area, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Roy Scott Reid [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today cocaine and methamphetamine seizures increased in Montana during the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same time last year, while fentanyl seizures continued to decline. Anti-drug task forces remain committed to [...]
HELENA -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen sent a letter today to Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell regarding the criminal prosecution of Christopher Wardle in Gallatin County. Wardle was originally charged with partner family member assault, partner strangulation, witness tampering, and destruction [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today the appointment of Kimberly Kutch to the position of Forensic Science Division (FSD) administrator. Kutch brings 30 years of experience in a variety of both state and county government leadership positions to the role. “I am [...]
HELENA – Prosecutors in the Montana Attorney General’s Office charged a Sheridan County man with 25 felony counts of sexual assault and drug related charges for his abuse of five juvenile girls, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Ivan Edward [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today fentanyl and most other dangerous drug seizures in Montana decreased in 2025.Most notably, last year, fentanyl seizures decreased 70 percent from 2024 and nearly 80 percent from 2023 when there was an [...]
HELENA – A Big Horn County woman received a 10-year deferred imposition of sentence and was ordered to pay $101,171 in restitution for financially exploiting her mother and stepfather, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. This case marks the first [...]
HELENA – A Flathead County man was sentenced to 300 years at the Montana State Prison today for sexually abusing three children under the age of 12 from 2019 to 2021, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. The man will not [...]
BILLINGS – The Montana Department of Justice (MTDOJ) and Billings Police Department (BPD) are warning citizens of the increased presence of the synthetic opioid carfentanil in Yellowstone County.The Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force recently seized a [...]