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 [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today an over 20,000 percent increase in fentanyl seizures by anti-drug forces in Montana since 2019. Additionally, over twice as much fentanyl was seized in 2023 compared to 2022, shattering previous records. [...]

HELENA – A Lake County man was found guilty of two counts of arson, including one count for the Boulder 2700 fire that destroyed homes, damaged property, and forced evacuations in Lake County during the summer of 2021, Attorney General [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive over $1 million in a national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. In [...]

HELENA – A Belgrade man who previously pleaded guilty to repeatedly shooting at a sergeant from the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office while fleeing from law enforcement in a high-speed chase was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in the Montana State [...]

HELENA - Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition in calling on the Biden administration to keep a major commercial ammunition manufacturing plant open following a request by Democrat attorneys general to investigate the plant, which would halt production. [...]

HELENA – A man in the United States illegally faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to mitigated deliberate homicide for stabbing a man to death in July 2022, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Francisco [...]

HELENA – A Butte man was sentenced to 50 years in the Montana State Prison after he shot at law enforcement who arrived at the scene where he was breaking windows and setting his apartment on fire, Attorney General Austin [...]