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 in Montana communities, Attorney General...
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, 2023, Jake Kenneth Lee Burghduff, 21,...
HELENA – A West Yellowstone woman who pleaded guilty in May in Gallatin County District Court to multiple charges following the death of her grandson, including deliberate homicide, was handed a life sentence in accordance with the plea agreement made with the State, Attorney General...
[vc_row content_aligment="center"][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_gallery type="image_grid" images="79061,79058,80655,80656"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] History/Background The Libby Asbestos Superfund Site is located in northwestern Montana near the town of Libby. The Zonolite Company began mining vermiculite at the site in the 1920s and the mine was purchased by W.R. Grace in 1963. W.R. Grace operated the mine...
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 letter to Congressional leadership, the states...
HAMILTON – To expand driver services offered in Ravalli County, the Motor Vehicle Division’s (MVD) Hamilton office will begin Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) skills testing on September 7 at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds, located at 100 Old Corvallis Road. Customers can schedule their appointment now...
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 have been charged with 18 counts...
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 partially blind and faces ongoing...
Sextortion is a form of blackmail where criminals lure victims into sending explicit images online and then use the photos to threaten the victim into doing something they don’t want to do, like sending more photos or money. It can happen to people of all...
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined other attorneys general in filing formal comments against the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed unlawful conservation rule that could halt natural resource development by adding “conservation” to the list of land uses in the Federal Land Policy...