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Suspects charged after 50+ windows across Butte broken out with slingshots

Slingshots were allegedly the weapon of choice this past weekend when damaging the windows of nine Butte businesses late Friday night into early Saturday morning, along with the windows of at least 47 residences and vehicles. Following an investigation, two men, Christopher Alan Hern, 27, and Laine Joseph Lowder, 18,

Gallatin County Attorney clarifies no policy restricting ICE cooperation, seeks AG opinion

Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell has reiterated there is no county policy restricting cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and has requested a formal legal opinion from the state Attorney General on releasing confidential information for civil or administrative requests. Cromwell sent a letter on Monday responding

Gallatin Co. Attorney requests formal opinion in response to ICE dispute

Gallatin Co. Attorney requests formal opinion in response to ICE dispute

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell is requesting a formal opinion after ICE agents asked the Gallatin County Records Department for confidential criminal justice information (CCJI). In October 2025, Cromwell’s executive assistant reportedly told local law enforcement the county attorney’s office does not recognize that ICE was

Victorian mugshots reveal soldiers and sailors who turned to crime

Victorian mugshots reveal soldiers and sailors who turned to crime

By Nathan Pynn A haunting collection of mugshots reveal Victorian soldiers, sailors and workers who all had dodgy side-hustles in order to survive. The newly uncovered series of early mugshots of criminals from the mid 19th Century bring to life the harsh society they lived in. Imprisoned or sentenced

Man accused of having methamphetamine at shooting range

A 42-year-old Manhattan man was arrested at the state shooting range on suspicion of possessing items that allegedly tested positive for methamphetamine. The man, Andrew Doyal Kaufman, was jailed shortly after an investigation that began after someone told authorities Kaufman was at the state shooting range south of

Man jailed in Belgrade on suspicion of 2 DUIs, fake IDs

Defendant on ICE hold had arrest warrant from 2025

In El Salvador's mass trials, 'the innocent pay for the guilty'

In El Salvador's mass trials, 'the innocent pay for the guilty'

Wearing white uniforms, their heads shaved, rows of bewildered-looking men are beamed by video link from prisons across El Salvador into a courtroom conducting a mass trial of alleged gang members. Four years after President Nayib Bukele declared war against gangs in the Central American nation, the fates of