Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and a coalition of 23 other state attorneys general called on Congress to protect funding for school archery, hunting, and firearm safety courses by enacting the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act. In a [...]
HELENA – The office of Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Lake County Attorney’s Office are looking to identify victims of the Boulder 2700 fire that destroyed homes, damaged property, and forced evacuations near Finley Point in Lake County, [...]
HELENA – A Wibaux man pleaded guilty in Wibaux County District Court to two counts of incest with two children under the age of 16 and one count of sexual assault without consent with one child under the age of [...]
HELENA – Eighteen individuals were arrested in Bozeman over the weekend during a human trafficking operation conducted by the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and Bozeman Police Department, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. The individuals [...]
HELENA – A Red Lodge man was found guilty by a jury for a 2019 assault that gave a baby multiple severe skull fractures, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. The child, who is now 5 years old, is [...]
HELENA – A Forsyth man pleaded guilty today in Rosebud County District Court to sexual intercourse without consent with a child under the age of 13, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. The state will be asking the court to sentence [...]
BILLINGS – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Division of Criminal Investigation administrator Bryan Lockerby joined officials at Stockman Bank in Billings today, on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, to remind Montana seniors to be aware and take precautions as bad [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined 22 other state attorneys general in urging U.S. Senate leadership to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act immediately, he announced today. The legislation would permanently schedule all current and future fentanyl analogues as [...]
HELENA – A Miles City man pleaded guilty today in Custer County District Court to one count of sexual intercourse without consent with a child under the age of 12, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. In exchange for his guilty [...]
HELENA – A West Yellowstone woman pleaded guilty today in Gallatin County District Court to deliberate homicide, felony child criminal endangerment, and felony tampering with witnesses and information following the death of her grandson, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. The [...]