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 [...]

BILLINGS – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division, hosted a Family Summit Wednesday in Billings to support Montanans who have lost loved ones to the drug overdose epidemic. Over a dozen [...]

HELENA – A man in the United States illegally was sentenced to 40 years in Montana State Prison for stabbing a man to death in July 2022, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Francisco Padilla Canales pleaded guilty in [...]

HELENA – A Teton County man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in Montana State Prison with 10 years suspended after assaulting a child under 36 months old in 2022, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. Damon William Johnson-Payne, 25, pleaded [...]