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Man admits to Huntley homicide that stemmed from alleged elder exploitation

A man admitted Wednesday to a murder in Huntley connected to a wider plot in which a woman is accused of bilking her grandfather out of thousands of dollars. Dean Webb Frost waived his right to remain silent and pleaded guilty in Yellowstone County District Court to killing 80-year-

Montana DOJ highlights elder financial exploitation

Susan Bivins, a retired nurse and Anaconda resident, spent weeks convinced she was talking to a federal agent. Originally from California, Bivins moved to Montana in 2015 to be closer to her son and his growing family. She bought a house in Anaconda and was enjoying life in retirement. In

Billings man sentenced for trying to run over dog walker, hitting motorcyclist

A Billings man was sentenced Monday for weaponizing his SUV, putting a motorcyclist in the hospital and nearly running down a woman walking her dog. Patrick Lee Schroeder, 46, was sentenced in Yellowstone County District Court to 30 years in Montana State Prison for multiple felonies, including aggravated assault, criminal

Project underway to digitize Assiniboine and Sioux history

POPLAR — Before he went on to organize the first of what would become the Red Bottom Celebration, an annual powwow hosted by the Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes on the Fort Peck Reservation, Walter “Stockade” Clark was a student at Poplar Boarding School. The log schoolhouse, built in in the early

Billings man charged after pursuit that ended with teen's death

A Billings man is accused of leading law enforcement on a chase that ended with a wreck that killed a teenage boy. Hayden Michael Reyes pleaded not guilty earlier this week in Yellowstone County District Court to three counts of criminal endangerment and one count of aggravated fleeing from police.

Busy Friday night for Billings man, who allegedly committed 10 felonies in just four hours

A Billings man is facing a slew of felonies, including kidnapping and assault, after allegedly going on a drunken spree of violence. Cordero Robert Metzker pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Yellowstone County District Court to four counts of assault with a weapon, three counts of criminal endangerment, kidnapping, robbery, burglary

Minnesota man convicted of sexually abusing girls on Crow Reservation

A federal jury convicted a man earlier this week of sexually abusing two girls on the Crow Reservation. Robert Dean Dust was found guilty in U.S. District Court on two counts of abusive sexual contact of a child and one count of aggravated sexual abuse. The criminal charges against