FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29th, 2017 Contact: Major Steve Lavin, 406.249.8197, slavin@mt.gov Helena, MT. --- As drivers take to the road to celebrate the Labor Day Weekend, troopers from the Montana Highway Patrol, the Idaho State Police and the North Dakota Highway Patrol will join together to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 17th, 2017 Contact: Sergeant Glen Barcus, 406-570-0590, gbarcus@mt.gov Montana Highway Patrol Warns Drivers: Expect Delays and Beware of Fire Hazards During 2017 Eclipse Event Helena, MT. --- The Montana Highway Patrol advises drivers to expect a significant increase in traffic and delays throughout the state in...
Helena, MT.- The Montana Highway Patrol joins the entire Montana law enforcement community in mourning the senseless death of Broadwater County Deputy Mason Moore. No matter what uniform an officer wears, we are all united by a common purpose- to serve and protect. Yesterday we...
The Montana Highway Patrol recently participated in a wet lab at the MSU Bozeman campus. The goal of the wet lab was to educate the student senators of the Associated Students of MSU about the effects of alcohol to prevent drinking and driving. This was...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25th, 2017 Contact: Josh Racki, jracki@cascadecountymt.gov Great Falls, MT: A suspect was apprehended on April 18th in connection with a fatal hit and run involving a semi and passenger vehicle south of Great Falls on April 15th, 2017. Jaroglav Kleberc, 51, of Winnipeg,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 4, 2017 Contact: Captain Keith Edgell, kedgell@mt.gov, 406-839-8751 Billings, MT.—At approximately 1050AM on April 4th, 2017, the Billings Police Department engaged in a pursuit with a suspect driving a stolen Toyota pickup truck and claiming to have an explosive device. The pursuit led to the...
Laurel, MT—36-year-old Charles Wayne Williams is charged in Yellowstone County with five counts of felony assault with a weapon and two counts of felony criminal endangerment after opening fire on law enforcement officers in the early morning hours of March 27th, 2017. Montana Highway Patrol Troopers...
Helena, MT.— Montana Highway Patrol Troopers assisted the Helena Police Department and Lewis & Clark County Sheriff’s Office with a pursuit and search for a suspect wanted out of Lewis & Clark County yesterday. The MHP received a mutual aid request from the Helena Police...
Laurel, MT.-- In the early morning hours of March 27th, 2017, Troopers Darvin Mees and Trever Chase responded to a mutual aid request from the Laurel Police Department to assist with a call to a domestic disturbance. As the troopers, along with an officer from...
ADVISORY MONTANA HIGHWAY PATROL MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Contact: Sgt. Pat McCarthy 406-600-0239, pmccarthy@mt.gov Troopers to Collaborate with Law Enforcement Partners on Upcoming Bozeman Cop on a Bus Deployment What: Cop on a Bus Deployment When: Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 Where: Bozeman, MT. The Montana Highway Patrol will partner...