Department of Justice Press Releases
RED LODGE — In response to increased demand and to further support customers in Carbon County, Montana’s Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) will offer a mobile licensing event in the parking lot of the Veterans Memorial Civic Center at 215 14th [...]
HELENA - The U.S. Supreme Court today reversed a lower court’s decision that prohibited states and local governments from enforcing laws that prevent public spaces from becoming homeless encampments. In response to the Johnson v. City of Grants Pass ruling, Montana [...]
HELENA – Sixty-one new officers who will serve in 39 agencies across the state graduated today from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) within the Montana Department of Justice, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. MLEA provides basic and advanced training [...]
HELENA – A federal judge in Kansas today granted Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s request to block the Biden administration’s unconstitutional student loan forgiveness scheme. Attorney General Knudsen released the following statement in response: “This is great news that a [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is receiving reports of fraudsters, posing as law enforcement, attempting to scam unsuspecting Montanans out of thousands of dollars by calling individuals claiming there is a warrant for [...]
Attorney General Knudsen announces appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force
GREAT FALLS – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force’s main goals are to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes that contribute to missing and murdered Indigenous persons. [...]
HELENA – A Three Forks man was sentenced in Gallatin County District Court Monday to 110 years in Montana State Prison for murdering a man in 2022, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. Zachary Eugene Norman, 26, was found guilty in [...]
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 [...]
HELENA – The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted today Attorney General Knudsen’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s unlawful Title IX rule which puts the rights and safety of girls and [...]
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 [...]