HAMILTON – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today the Montana Department of Justice awarded four Children’s Advocacy Centers (CAC) with nearly $150,000 in grant funds to help improve their care for child survivors of crime and abuse. The funding comes [...]

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 – Prosecutors in the Montana Attorney General’s Office charged a Powell County man with one count of sexual intercourse without consent with a high school student, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. John Austin Micu, 42, was charged Wednesday following [...]

HELENA – Prosecutors in the Montana Attorney General’s Office charged a Hill County man with one count of deliberate homicide in the case of a 2019 murder on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. James [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement Tuesday following the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, which will protect women in the locker room and [...]

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 – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) commissioned 17 new troopers at the 83rd Montana Highway Patrol Advanced Academy graduation ceremony today. Lieutenant Colonel Kyle Hayter and Bowen Greenwood, Clerk of Court Montana Supreme Court, addressed the new troopers prior [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement Thursday following the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) decision in Wolford v. Lopez Attorney General Knudsen has led multiple amicus brief in support of support of three residents [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 23-state attorneys general in urging the United States Senate to confirm Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as the next attorney general of the United States. In the letter sent [...]