Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – The Montana Attorney General’s Office charged two people today following the shooting death of a Hobson man that occurred earlier this month, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Tyson David Kolar, 40, and Megan Michelle Fiechtner, 33, both [...]
CUT BANK – The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Cut Bank that occurred yesterday when Cut Bank Police Department officers were called to the 200 block of 5th Avenue SW for a report of [...]
HELENA – A recently arrested Polson Police officer was officially charged by the Attorney General’s Office for sexual abuse of children on Friday, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Matthew Timm, 42, is alleged to have knowingly photographed and filmed [...]
BILLINGS – Montana Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation released the following information regarding an officer involved shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon in Billings: Three DCI narcotics agents were assisting the U.S. Probation and Parole officers in making contact [...]
HELENA – A Kalispell man received three-year sentence and ordered to pay restitution on Monday following his guilty plea for committing Medicaid fraud, Attorney General Knudsen announced today. The Montana Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) received a [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation’s drug intelligence officer received a national award for his efforts to work with public health and public safety agencies across the state to save lives and improve overdose responses [...]
HELENA – A Ludlow man was found guilty of deliberate homicide for assisting in the murder of Isaac Carrier following a four-day jury trial which ended Wednesday in Prairie County District Court, Attorney General Knudsen announced today. On January 23, [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today anti-drug task forces in Montana have already seized more fentanyl in the first half of the year than they did in 2022, which blasted previous records. He also marked Fentanyl Prevention [...]
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 [...]