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Wolf Point parking lot killing brings 15-year sentence

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana said a Wolf Point man was sentenced after a 2025 shooting in the Albertsons parking lot on the Fort Peck Reservation left one man dead and another hurt. Ethan Louis Murphy, 27, received 188 months

Michigan court overturns man's conviction in Whitmer kidnapping case

(The Center Square) – The Michigan Court of Appeals has unanimously overturned the conviction of a man sentenced for his role in the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. In a decision issued Tuesday, the court vacated the convictions of Joseph Morrison, a member of the Wolverine Watchmen militia

Missoula cold case homicide charges filed after DNA retesting

Missoula cold case homicide charges filed after DNA retesting

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Missoula homicide case from 1990 moved forward after investigators used newer DNA testing to revisit the deaths of two women at a nursing home. The Missoula County Attorney’s Office said 64-year-old Nickie Dean Gardiner was charged with two counts of deliberate homicide in the

Stevensville man faces burglary, trespassing charges in Ravalli County case

Stevensville man faces burglary, trespassing charges in Ravalli County case

STEVENSVILLE, Mont. — A Stevensville man is charged with burglary and six misdemeanor offenses tied to alleged entries onto private property and into vehicles on May 24, according to court records in Ravalli County. The complaint, filed by the deputy county attorney, accuses Frances Beede, 28, of unlawfully entering a residence

Clinton man arrested in 2 unsolved 1990s Missoula homicides

Law enforcement arrested a 69-year-old Clinton man Monday afternoon on suspicion of homicide related to the killing of two elderly Missoula women more than 35 years ago. Nickie Dean Gardiner was booked for deliberate homicide and currently sits in the Missoula County Detention Center on a $5 million

Another approach to border security: Denaturalization

Those being denaturalized are members of terrorist organizations, sex offenders, fraudsters

Man arrested for 1990-murders of Missoula nursing home residents

Man arrested for 1990-murders of Missoula nursing home residents

MISSOULA, Mont. – Missoula County authorities arrested a suspect connected to the 1990 murder of two elderly women who were living in a nursing home. Law enforcement identified Nickie Dean Gardiner as the suspect and charged him with two counts of homicide. They used improved forensic DNA methods to identify him