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US ex-Marine loses extradition appeal in China pilots case

US ex-Marine loses extradition appeal in China pilots case

A former US Marines pilot lost an appeal Thursday in an Australian court against his extradition to the United States, which has accused him of illegally training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers. Daniel Duggan, 57, has been held in prison since his arrest in a rural town

State auditor says nearly $1 million in fraud loss prevented; fraud reports on record pace

With a quarter of 2026 in the rearview mirror, Montana State Auditor James Brown announced that his office has helped prevent nearly $1 million in fraud-related losses for Montanans. According to a press release from Brown’s office this week, the Auditor’s office received 25 fraud complaints in

Bad Santa: SantaCon bar crawl organizer charged in $1 mn fraud

Bad Santa: SantaCon bar crawl organizer charged in $1 mn fraud

US investigators charged a man Wednesday for allegedly stealing over $1 million from a popular Santa Claus-themed charity bar crawl, prosecutors said. Stefan Pildes, head of SantaCon, embezzled more than half of the roughly $2.7 million raised between 2019 and 2024, prosecutors said in a statement. He spent

Man accused of shooting at car in downtown Missoula makes 1st court appearance

A man accused of shooting at a car that allegedly deliberately struck him in downtown Missoula made his first court appearance Tuesday morning on a charge of criminal endangerment. Anthony Brodie, 36, had his initial appearance before Judge Jason Marks in Missoula County District Court to set bond conditions. According

Federal charges dismissed against Froid man accused of illegal reentry

Federal charges dismissed against Froid man accused of illegal reentry

UPDATE: April 15 at 5:10 p.m. The indictment against Roberto Orozco-Ramirez was dismissed, April 14, and an April 22 hearing was canceled, according to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, Great Falls Division. The dismissal came after an unopposed

DOC progressing on massive expansion at Montana State Prison

DEER LODGE – A massive expansion at Montana State Prison is well underway outside of Deer Lodge, with one of three housing buildings on its way to completion. State corrections officials were on hand Wednesday morning for a tour of the facility, which will add around 1,000 prison beds. Montana

Deer Lodge state prison expansion aims to address overcrowding

Deer Lodge state prison expansion aims to address overcrowding

DEER LODGE, Mont. — A major expansion at Montana State Prison has moved forward, as the Department of Corrections looks to add close to a thousand prison beds to Montana by 2029. This $300 million project, funded through the state legislature, marks the first prison project of this size in Montana