HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today anti-drug task forces in Montana seized 150 percent more fentanyl in the first quarter of 2024 than during the first quarter of 2023. Through the first quarter of 2024, Rocky Mountain [...]

CUT BANK – The Cut Bank Police Department today identified the officer and suspect involved in the officer-involved critical incident Saturday, June 8 in Cut Bank. Cut Bank Police Officer Jesse Adame, a five-year veteran of the Department, witnessed what [...]

CUT BANK – The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved critical incident in Cut Bank that occurred early Saturday morning in the Pioneer Bar parking lot at 13 N. Central Avenue. At approximately 1:20 a.m., a [...]

HELENA– Jason Allen Miller was sentenced to life without parole for running over and seriously injuring Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson in February 2023. In April, Miller was found guilty on all counts including attempted deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment, [...]

HELENA – A Lake County man was sentenced Friday to 60 years in Montana State Prison with 30 years suspended and must pay over $1.2 million in restitution for two arson charges including the Boulder 2700 fire that destroyed homes, [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement on Fentanyl Awareness Day warning Montanans of the dangerous drug: “While the data proves that our drug task forces are doing a great job getting fentanyl off the street, they [...]

HELENA – A Three Forks man was found guilty Thursday in Gallatin County District Court on one count of deliberate homicide, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. Zachary Eugene Norman, 26, was found guilty on one count of deliberate homicide with [...]

HELENA – In response to the guilty verdict in the trial of Jason Allen Miller, who ran over Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson in February 2023, Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement: “We will not tolerate violence [...]

HELENA – A Hill County man pleaded guilty Monday in Hill County District Court to one count of incest and one count of sexual abuse of children, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. William Ramirez, 41, admitted to law enforcement [...]

HELENA – A Mineral County man was found guilty Thursday of one count of incest and one count of sexual assault on a minor following a jury trial in Mineral County District Court, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. A jury [...]